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Senior Conservator

3 months ago


Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom Science Museum Group Full time

Salary
£32,986 per annum

Contractual hours
35

Basis
Full time

Based at
Science and Innovation Park

Job category/type
Contract - Full Time, Dept. - Collections, Tenure - Permanent, Type - Employee

Date posted
04/04/2024

Job reference
SMG02827

Do you have experience in conservation and collections care? Do you want to play a key role in conservation strategies for the Science Museum Group's exhibitions, object loans and acquisitions?

About us


We are now recruiting for a Senior Conservator to join the Conservation & Collections Care team on a permanent contract.

You will work 35 hours per week based at The National Collections Centre (NCC) in Wroughton, Swindon.


The NCC is a collections management facility housing a vast range of objects from microscope slides to railway carriages, other objects are stored in repurposed aircraft hangars, sustainable hempcrete constructed buildings and other facilities dispersed across the park.


About the role
As Senior Conservator you will have both line management and project management responsibilities.

Working with Science Museum Group policies and protocols you will be instrumental in the development and delivery of conservation aspects of exhibitions and masterplan projects across the group.


You will work closely with colleagues across departments and sites as conservation lead, developing and coordinating conservation strategies for exhibitions, loans, acquisitions and transfers.

You will also contribute to the development of colleagues by developing and delivering training in object handling and the fundamentals of preventive conservation.


About you


This is an ideal opportunity for someone with good conservation experience, organisation and people management skills to take that next step in their career.

You don't have to have managed people previously, but you will need to be a good communicator with the ability to lead a team.


You will be able to work with a variety of stakeholders and crucially, you will have experience of working with others to deliver large projects, with the necessary project management skills and an understanding of how to produce budgets.


Applying

What we offer
Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group.

We understand that work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we offer the perks listed below, as well as support for things that happen in life such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.


  • Support with personal and professional development
  • 27 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Enhanced contributory pension
  • Unmind App and other wellbeing support
  • Interestfree loans
  • Days Out discounts
  • Health & Dental Insurance

Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to foster a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to
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