Plant Collections & Records Specialist

Australian National Botanic Gardens; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

The Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra seeks a role focused on stocktaking the living collections, including identifying, mapping, tagging and labelling plants, updating databases and supervising volunteers. The role involves processing biological material and research permits, liaising with stakeholders, and providing plant material.

It also supports conservation management through propagation work, reporting, and records updates.

Responsibilities

• Stocktaking the living collections including plant identification, mapping, tagging and labelling plants, database updating, collecting herbarium specimens, liaising with horticultural staff and supervising volunteers.
• Processing biological material and research permits including checking plants and database records, stakeholder liaison and providing plant material.
• Supporting collections and conservation management activities through checking plants, collecting propagation material, database reporting, record updating and working with colleagues on priority species management.
• Overseeing the Growing Friends collection of propagation material, reviewing requests to propagate new taxa and providing operational support as needed.
• Responding to public and staff enquiries about the collection including checking database records, living plants, identification work, stakeholder liaison.

Job description

The Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra seeks a role focused on stocktaking the living collections, including identifying, mapping, tagging and labelling plants, updating databases and supervising volunteers. The role involves processing biological material and research permits, liaising with stakeholders, and providing plant material.

It also supports conservation management through propagation work, reporting, and records updates.