Position Title: Objects Conservator Salary: Grade 6 £24,174 to £27,668 (bar at £26,822) per annum Contract Type: Permanent Full Time Location: Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, M60 2LA Reference: G&N1721NJ/G6 Interview date: 17 October 2017
We are looking to recruit an Objects Conservator to support the Our Town Hall project as part of the Manchester Art Gallery collection care team. The role will be assigned to support the Our Town Hall for 18 months to assist with decant of the building. Following this, you will provide flexible support for the on-going conservation programme for the Town Hall collection during the lifetime of the project, as well as on-going specialist objects conservation/collection care for Manchester Art Gallery. The Town Hall Complex is one of Manchester’s greatest cultural and civic assets, which makes a significant contribution not only to the heritage but also to the identity of the city. Manchester Town Hall and Albert Square are the most important building and public realm within the complex. The Town Hall itself, which opened in 1877, is an internationally significant landmark. The building is Grade 1 listed, considered to be one of the masterpieces of Victorian architecture and cherished by the people of the city who view it as the civic heart of Manchester. The Town Hall is 140 years old this year. While it has been maintained and remains structurally sound, it is now seriously showing its age with many elements reaching the end of their natural lifespan. The Our Town hall Project, a 7 year project, with a budget of £330m to refurbish and restore the Town Hall, has now been agreed and we’re looking for a conservator to support the programme of work around decant, storage and conservation. Manchester Art Gallery dates to 1835 and is proud to have been part of Manchester City Council since 1882. It has a 45,000-strong collection spanning six centuries, and is particularly rich in 19th-century art, including an outstanding collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, and an outstanding collection of decorative arts, craft and design. With over 600,000 visitors every year, Manchester Art Gallery is one of the country’s most popular museums, housed in an iconic Grade I-listed building at the heart of Manchester. Manchester Art gallery has a separate conservation studio with a team who conserve and care for fashion and dress, furniture and frames, paintings and paper. We’re now looking for an objects conservator to join this team to provide support for craft and design, sculpture and general objects conservation. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Role Profile: Objects Conservator.pdf <https://manchesterjobs.engageats.co.uk//ViewAttachment.aspx?enc=jmxpV+AcVus8i/wvT3FZXrrCOvCUGNWd9uca/tGZrAKV27CCFCEevuHb4iL29jIivkt/xfGWxfJw4Up1cAoLkxIzIjgaEG8RJ2VADYVvNXHkOIO6W1KH7ao2xF3La9tX> -- Claire Grundy Senior Conservator Manchester City Galleries Growth and Neighbourhoods Directorate, Manchester City Council Manchester M9 5SH Tel: 07976 862 369 Tel: 0161 219 6727 E: [email protected] www.manchester.galleries.org Manchester Art Gallery now open until 9pm every Thursday -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. The full text of the Council's email disclaimer is available at http://www. manchester.gov.uk/emaildisclaimer <https://admin.google.com/**********************************************************************> . This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Please contact [email protected] with any queries. ********************************************************************** ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
