TIME SENSITIVE Job Vacancy - Senior Conservator at The National Archives (based in Kew, Richmond) Full time/Permanent position About us
The National Archives is the official archive and publisher for the UK government and guardians of over 1,000 years of iconic national documents. We are a non-ministerial government department. We are expert advisers in information and records management and are a cultural, academic and heritage institution. We fulfil a leadership role for the archive sector and work to secure the future of physical and digital records. Over the last ten years, The National Archives has become a respected leader in developing innovative programs to deliver an effective collection care programme. Outstanding conservation projects have underlined the department's capability to carry out conservation treatment at the highest level in accordance with current best practice. Building on our achievements, we are constantly growing our expertise and raising our profile. The Senior Conservation Manager - Treatment Single Objects is expected to lead on various aspects of this programme, in particular driving the treatment agenda of high profile, single objects. About the role The Senior Conservator - Treatment Single Objects will play a significant role in developing and managing a team of conservation professionals to deliver discreet projects as well as on-going programmes of single object treatments. As the lead, you will build effective working relationships with colleagues within the Collection Care Department and experts across the conservation sector to constantly drive and improve our conservation methodology for single objects. You will lead the development and adaptation of treatment methods to increase the conservators' repertoire, facilitate knowledge transfer and support skills development. An excellent communicator and aiming to forge Collection Care's professional network, you will work closely with the Senior Conservation Managers - Public and Academic Engagement and Technology and Preservation to ensure that our findings have wider impact on the sector and take new technological developments into account. FOR FULL DETAILS AND TO APPLY PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?jcode=1512958 Closing date: 29th November 2016 at midnight Kind regards Claire Fry Recruitment Advisor The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, TW9 4DU Tel: 0208 392 5349 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/> Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives Disclaimer This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete the email. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of The National Archives are neither given nor endorsed by it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
