The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is seeking an outstanding Assistant Curator in Restoration Ecology for a career-track appointment in the Center for Conservation and Restoration Ecology. We seek candidates who are innovative, collaborative, and eager to advance science-based and nature-based solutions to contemporary conservation, restoration, climate resilience, and biodiversity challenges using plants.

The successful candidate will develop an externally funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, and collaborative research program focused on ecological restoration using plants. The position will strengthen NYBG’s capacity to address restoration and conservation challenges locally, nationally, and internationally, with a desirable emphasis on tropical ecosystems and, preferably, experience in the Caribbean and Latin America.

Deadline: 17/10/2026

Location: Bronx, New York, USA

Contract type: Full-Time

Salary: $89,739