Job details Job reference: 2025R000465 Date posted: 29/05/2026 Application closing date: 14/06/2026 Location: Corporate Headquarters, Cultra Salary: £37,694 to £38,990 per annum (pay award pending). Package: Generous annual leave entitlement, civil service pension scheme, flexi-time Contractual hours: 37 Basis: Full time Job category/type: Curatorial Curator of Marine Invertebrates National Museums NI is a leading cultural institution and is responsible for ensuring that its significant collection is developed, cared for and accessible to the widest possible audience. Almost one million people enjoy our four museums each year, and through loans, research, community activity and digital programmes we engage a much wider audience than those who physically visit our museums. National Museum NI's specimen collections date back to the early 1800's. We are searching for a qualified, enthusiastic scientist and curator to represent and lead the museum's research and collection activities on all taxa of marine invertebrates and support current and future interpretation and engagement for public benefit. The Curator of Marine Invertebrates plays a central role in the research, management and development of the marine invertebrate collections, with a particular focus on, though not limited to, the marine invertebrates of Ireland. The focus will be on marine invertebrates in Northern Ireland, with occasional collaborative projects with partners in the Republic of Ireland, Britain and Europe. The main purpose is to develop the collections through curation of existing and new material, audit, rationalisation and digitisation of the collection. Large scale digitisation of our natural science collections will be a priority over the next five years, enabled by external funding and the marine invertebrate collection will be one of the collections digitised. The curator will need to guide this process, determining best practice and work flows, in collaboration with our Collections Information, Collections Access and Conservation teams. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process, click the Apply button below to Login/Register. ADZN1_NI