Paleontology Project Lead — 3-Year Grant-Funded

Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Utah's Natural History Museum of Utah seeks a Paleontology Project Manager to coordinate a three-year grant-funded project focused on preparing, conserving, and curating fossil specimens from the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. The role involves collaboration with prep staff, collections team, registrar, and digitization personnel.

You will manage workflows, supervise volunteers, and ensure timely delivery of project milestones while aligning with grant reporting requirements.

Qualifications

• Equivalency: 1 year of higher education may substitute for 1 year of related work experience.
• Job levels include Supervisor and Senior Supervisor with degree/experience requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate workflows and movement of specimens and records between prep lab, collections, registrar, and databases.
• Lead volunteers and supervise fossil preparation, curation jackets, and housing of specimens.
• Oversee digitization of assets and ingestion into EMu and other systems.
• Ensure grant deliverables and reporting milestones are met on time.

Skills

Supervising staff

Collections databases

Paleontology data structures

3D modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Master's degree or equivalent

Job description

The University of Utah's Natural History Museum of Utah seeks a Paleontology Project Manager to coordinate a three-year grant-funded project focused on preparing, conserving, and curating fossil specimens from the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. The role involves collaboration with prep staff, collections team, registrar, and digitization personnel.

You will manage workflows, supervise volunteers, and ensure timely delivery of project milestones while aligning with grant reporting requirements.