Job title Senior Conservator (One Collection)
Application closing date 09/10/2019 Location Science Museum at Blythe House - London Salary £27,405 - £30,450 per annum Do you have practical experience of 3D object remedial conservation treatment? Have you managed teams of staff and delivered large projects? As the largest and most ambitious programme the Science Museum Group has undertaken in recent times, One Collection will transform how we care for, access and share our http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ <http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/> with the world. One Collection is the Science Museum Group's major strategic initiative to re-imagine how our world-leading collection of objects relating to science, technology, transport, medicine and the media is cared for, accessed and shared. Over the next five years we will be relocating approximately 320,000 objects from Blythe House in West London, to a new purpose-built collection management facility based in Wroughton, Swindon. From 2023 our new facility will open regularly through a varied programme of public tours, school and research visits. We are looking for a knowledgeable Senior Conservator to manage a team of Conservators and work alongside the Project Team to pack and move the collection. Working with our policies and protocols, you will be conserving items in the collection and ensuring they are safe for handling and moving. You will be responsible for managing the object treatment programme element of the project, ensuring it ties into the schedule for the packing programme. Alongside this will provide support and guidance to the team around object handling, and the principles of preventative conservation and the safe care and packaging of objects. Joining the team, you will hold a degree level conservation qualification and come with significant experience managing a team. Experience working with 3-d objects is also essential, along with knowledge of health and safety practices including, but not limited to manual handling, collections hazard management, lifting and moving equipment and COSHH assessments. You will be offered excellent benefits, including a generous annual leave allowance in addition to bank holidays, a contributory pension scheme, BUPA medical and dental care, an annual season ticket loan and numerous staff discounts whilst developing your career in a world class museum group. For further information please visit our website on http://bit.ly/2lB56rm <http://bit.ly/2lB56rm> Maternity cover contract for 12 months ------------------------------ Emily Yates Conservation Manager Science Museum London ------------------------------ Reply to Sender : https://community.culturalheritage.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=481&SenderKey=bf38bd8f-3044-4ea2-8932-5b863d1f0910&MID=8742&MDATE=756%253e45%253e47%253c&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e Reply to Discussion : https://community.culturalheritage.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=481&MID=8742&MDATE=756%253e45%253e47%253c&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e You are subscribed to "Global Conservation Forum (ConsDistList)" as [email protected]. To change your subscriptions, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions&MDATE=756%253e45%253e47%253c&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e&GroupKey=757a8f16-505f-4323-8e74-e376757aa9f7.
