Fixed Term: Book Conservator – 12 months, full time Salary Band 5 range GBP 27,385 - GBP 32,914 per annum
The V&A is the world's leading museum of art and design. We enrich peoples lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world. The Conservation Department fulfils a major role in helping the Museum deliver its wider objectives. It has a worldwide reputation for the excellence of its practical work, for innovative ideas and for pioneering the scientific and ethical approach to conservation, also for sharing this expertise. The Museum is now preparing for a major collection move from its current storage facility at Blythe House to a new Collections and Research Centre, which will enable greatly increased public access to our internationally significant collections, providing facilities for visitors and researchers. We are now recruiting a Book Conservator on a one year fixed-term contract (36 hours per week) working at our Blythe House. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team working on objects as part of the decant to our new stores. You will be responsible for treating an extensive range of volumes with red rot. The work will include consolidation of the leather, surface cleaning, some practical conservation and boxing. Purpose of job The post is based at Blythe House, one of the V&As stores. You will be working on the preparation for transport and storage of a variety of book-related objects with red rot as well as other material. You will have completed a recognised book conservation training programme and have some post qualification practical experience. To apply and for a full job description, please visit the V&A recruitment webpage: https://www.vam.ac.uk/vacancies Closing date: Sunday 21st October 2018 Interview date: Tuesday 6th November 2018 Jane Rutherston Head Book Conservator V&A Museum South Kensington London SW7 2RL UK ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to consdistlist-le...@cool.conservation-us.org Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
