Description
Full-time (41 hours per week) Permanent £46,926 per annum Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 06 January 2025
About the role:
To lead, develop, manage, and set standards for a specialist team of Preventive Conservators. To make a major contribution to the management and planning of the Conservation Team in support of the Museum Operating Plan, the Public Programme, and all relevant Museum strategies. To contribute to the delivery of the Museum's Collection Care Strategy, preventive conservation strategies and ensure the collection risk management ethos is embedded across the Museum in line with the Conservation Policy.
About you:
- Recognised degree in preventive conservation, conservation, or conservation science or equivalent.
- Recognised expert in the contemporary principles and practice in preventive conservation, both nationally and internationally.
- Extensive relevant preventive conservation experience
- Knowledge and understanding of risk management principles as applied in the heritage sector
- Well established history of preventive conservation work in a museum or heritage sector environment
- Management experience at senior level within a heritage organisation
Key areas of responsibility:
- To develop, in conjunction with other senior members of Conservation, operational plans for the Preventive section that support the preservation, conservation and research strategies of Conservation, Collection Care and the Museum.
- To manage and deliver the operational plan of the section.
- To develop and manage the Preventive section's contribution to the Museum's commercial activities, including international loans and consultancy, and contribute to the generation of income for the Department.
- To ensure regulatory compliance for the team, including security and health and safety, and to manage delegated budgets for materials.
- To recruit, lead, manage, mentor and motivate a team of staff with expertise in preventive conservation. Maintain a student placement and other training programmes within the team.