Part-Time Museum Research Assistant - Skvarla Lab

Penn State University Talent Acquisition • University Park, PA • 1d ago

Reference #: REQ_0000071487 APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click "Apply" and complete the application process for external applicants.

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location.For additional information on remote work at Penn State, seeNotice to Out of State Applicants.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS The Department of Entomology in the College of Agricultural Sciences is seeking applicants for a part-time position for the fall 2025 semester to assist with curation and identification of arthropod specimens received and collected by the Insect Identification Lab.

Job duties to include: Curate arthropod samples, including pinning or pointing specimens as appropriate, preserving in ethanol, and labelling Identify curated specimens to the family-, genus-, or species-level Database specimens following Darwin Core standards

Requirements, qualifications, and/or competencies: Interest in insect biodiversity and museum collections Microsoft Excel Prior study of insect biodiversity preferred but not required

Compensation: The starting rate for this job is $15/hour.

BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCESEmployment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.

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