Plant Labelling Officer

Client of Eram Talent; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Eram Talent in Saudi Arabia invites an experienced Horticulture professional to manage plant-labeling, accessioning, provenance, and collection management across indoor and outdoor collections. You will verify taxonomy, maintain records, maps, and GIS integration, and coordinate with botanists and curators.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Horticulture or Botany, 5+ years in horticulture or botanical collections, strong data quality skills, and experience with living collections,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in horticulture, botany, or plant sciences with taxonomy knowledge.
• 5+ years in horticulture, botanical collections, or related education roles.
• Experience with living collections, accessioning, provenance and mapping.

Responsibilities

• Create, inspect, update and maintain plant labels with taxonomy and origin data.
• Audit records across databases, maps and accession records for accuracy.
• Coordinate corrections and support GIS integration and digital platforms.
• Train staff and collaborate with botanists, curators, and educators.

Skills

Plant identification

Taxonomy knowledge

Data quality

GIS experience

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Horticulture or Botany

Postgraduate qualification advantageous

Tools

GIS software

Database management

QR-code systems

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Create install inspect update and maintain plant labels across indoor and outdoor collections Ensure labels include accurate scientific names common names family information geographic origin accession details and other relevant information Verify botanical nomenclature and taxonomy using recognised botanical references Conduct regular audits to identify missing damaged outdated duplicated or inaccurate labels Coordinate the correction and replacement of plant labels Work with botanists horticulturists curators and other specialists to verify plant identification Maintain consistency between physical labels accession records databases maps and collection-management systems Manage and update plant-record databases and maintain accurate records of plant accessions locations provenance movements replacements and losses Support plant accessioning and deaccessioning activities Maintain plant collection mapping systems and conduct field verification of plant locations Support the integration of plant records with GIS digital mapping and collection-management systems Develop and maintain botanical interpretation and visitor-facing information materials Translate technical botanical and horticultural information into clear and accessible content Support digital plant-identification tools QR-code systems mobile applications interactive maps and digital collection platforms Conduct quality-control reviews of physical and digital plant information Support plant inventories and collection audits Maintain appropriate data-quality backup and version-control practices

Bachelor's degree in Horticulture, Botany, Plant Sciences, Plant Taxonomy , or a related discipline; postgraduate qualification is advantageous. Minimum 5+ years of relevant professional experience in horticulture, botanical collections, plant identification, education, or technical capacity-building. Strong knowledge of plant identification, taxonomy, nomenclature, and classification , with the ability to identify plants using morphological characteristics, botanical references, and taxonomic keys. Proven experience in plant labelling, living-collection documentation, accessioning, provenance, and collection management . Experience managing plant databases, electronic records, GIS, mapping systems, and digital collection-management platforms . Strong research, information-verification, data-quality, and quality-control skills, with excellent attention to detail. Experience developing and delivering horticulture training programmes , including practical, hands-on training. Experience developing training materials, technical guides, manuals, presentations, and educational resources related to horticulture. Experience assessing training needs, evaluating competency, and supporting internships, apprenticeships, vocational training, or work-based learning programmes. Experience conducting horticulture workshops, demonstrations, or community-engagement programmes. Ability to translate technical botanical and horticultural information into clear, engaging, visitor-facing content. Experience working collaboratively with botanists, horticulturists, curators, researchers, educational institutions, and other technical specialists . Familiarity with digital plant-identification tools, QR-code systems, mobile applications, and interactive mapping is advantageous. Previous experience in a botanic garden, public garden, horticulture institution, nursery, educational institution, or comparable environment is preferred. Strong written communication, technical documentation, organisational, and problem-solving skills. Professional training or educational delivery experience in English and Arabic is preferred.