[PCA] JOB OPPTY: SOS Collection Coordinator // Southeastern Grasslands Institute (Clarksville, TN)

[Kelly Thomas]

Overview:

Austin Peay State University’s (APSU) Southeastern Grasslands Institute (SGI) invites applications for one part-time SOS Collection Coordinator position, funded by an assistance agreement with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The Coordinator will be part of the Native Seed Program team at SGI and will report to the Native Seed Program Director. This is a nontenure-track position for 29 hours/week for 52 weeks, paid bi-weekly (pay scale below). Expected to be filled from February 2024- January 2025. The work will be performed four days a week at Southeastern Grasslands Institute (SGI) indoor facilities in Clarksville, TN. Working from home possible for desk-based tasks.

Duties:

  *   Curatorial activities for the SOS Program, such as managing the herbarium specimens. SGI is acting as the regional herbarium for the SOS-Southeast teams, which means that SGI receives and stores a specimen for each collection made in each of our target 10 states. The APSU Herbarium, which goes by the acronym APSC, is the largest herbarium in the Mid-South U.S. with over 140,000 specimens. All specimens have been imaged, digitized, and are available for search on the SERNEC Portal. The Coordinator will take care of preparing all the specimens and ship them to the regional and national (The Smithsonian Institution) curators. Occasionally, the Coordinator will help with managing other herbarium collections at APSU.
  *   Oversee post-harvest seed processing operations for the SOS collections, such as treating the collections with no-pest strips and preparing them for shipment to the national cleaning facility. Occasionally, the Coordinator will help clean seeds for other local projects.
  *   Assist the Seed Program team with the management and maintenance of seed processing equipment, such as seed cleaning devices, seed dehydration and storage equipment, facilities, etc.
  *   Research activities. The Coordinator will assist with researching available information about seed germination ecology of target species and developing protocols for optimal storage, viability testing, and germination for target taxa. The Coordinator will conduct seed viability and germination tests to assist with development of propagation protocols for those species and ecotypes that are understudied but desirable in restoration in the Southeast region and that will be valuable to US Fish and Wildlife Service restoration projects. The Coordinator will also take care of sharing the results on open access database (e.g., the Seed Information Database).
  *   Manage volunteers. The Coordinator will be assigned trained volunteers to help in all the above activities.
  *   Work with the Native Seed Program SOS crew to ensure scouting and seed collection data are properly recorded and required documentation is submitted to the US Fish and Wildlife Service Native Seed Coordinator.
  *   Help update and maintain all required population and geospatial data.
  *   Maintain internal seed accession data, cleaning and distribution records, and seed database.
  *   Communicate to all parties clearly, effectively and timely.
  *   Report in an accurate and timely fashion.
  *   Adhere to all SGI and APSU policies and procedures for employees.
  *   Help to complete all end-of-season duties for SOS in a timely manner.
  *   Read and follow relevant materials and protocols, including the SOS Technical Protocol.
  *   Participate in regular Native Seed Program team meetings and occasional SGI staff meetings.

Compensation [or Pay Scale]: $30/hour

See the full announcement: https://apsu.peopleadmin.com/postings/16262
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