[Taxacom] Museum Director position - University of Alaska Fairbanks

[Derek Sikes]

Museum Director position - University of Alaska Fairbanks

http://www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=62936

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is searching for a Director of the  
University of Alaska Museum of the North. The Museum, an AAM- 
accredited museum of natural and cultural history, is a center for  
the collection and preservation of objects from and related to Alaska  
and for research and education pertaining to the North. The Museum is  
the only natural history museum in Alaska, and it is unique in  
maintaining research collections in: Life Sciences (botany,  
entomology, ichthyology, mammalogy, and ornithology), Earth Sciences  
(geology and paleontology), Anthropology (archeology and ethnology),  
Fine Arts, History, and the Alaska Native Heritage Film Center. There  
are over 2 million objects and specimens in the Museum, including  
collections from the circumpolar north and Pacific rim. The Museum  
also serves as the official state repository for scientific specimens  
collected on State, Native, and Federal lands.

The Museum's collections provide key information critical to  
questions of past and present biodiversity and include key indicators  
of local and global environmental and cultural change and  
sustainability. Through its collections-based research, teaching, and  
public learning programs, the museum shares its collections and  
knowledge with local, national, and international audiences of all  
ages and backgrounds. The Museum staff and collections comprise an  
integral part of instruction at the University. The collections  
support undergraduate and graduate courses and provide material for  
undergraduate projects, graduate theses, and professional research  
projects in many disciplines and for interdisciplinary studies.  
Objects in the collections are also used for traveling and in-house  
exhibitions. The permanent exhibit galleries and the changing  
exhibits are viewed by over 100,000 visitors annually. The Museum  
Store is a popular component of the Museum with visitors and the  
community. Museum public programs include the docent and volunteer  
programs and special lectures and events. The Museum enjoys  
widespread support from the community.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required for this position:
1. An advanced degree in a discipline appropriate to the Museum and  
appropriate for tenure in a UAF academic department.
2. A substantial record of research, publication, and education in a  
field of natural and/or cultural history.
3. Experience in museum administration, with preference given to  
experience in a university-affiliated museum and familiarity with the  
development of research collections in multiple disciplines.
4. A track record of excellent management skills, with evidence of  
successful leadership in program building, personnel operations,  
fundraising, marketing, and public relations.

see link below for complete posting & application forms

http://www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=62936

If you need assistance with the UAKJOBS process, please contact UAF  
Human Resources at 907-474-7700.

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Derek S. Sikes, Curator of Insects
Assistant Professor of Entomology
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks, AK   99775-6960

dsikes at alaska.edu
http://homepages.ucalgary.ca/~dsikes/sikes_lab.htm

phone: 907-474-6278
FAX: 907-474-5469


"Remember that Truth alone is the matter you are in Search after; and  
if you have been mistaken, let no Vanity reduce you to persist in  
your mistake." Henry Baker, London, 1785

University of Alaska Museum of the North -
http://www.uaf.edu/museum/
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