Associate Curator: Numismatic and Object Collections

3 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds Full time
Associate Curator: Numismatic and Object Collections

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements

Are you an experienced curator with a passion for tackling the collections management challenges of the 21st century? Have you worked with numismatic and other object collections? Can you develop innovative ways to enable wider engagement with our coins, tokens and other artefacts?

The University of Leeds is one of the top 75 universities in the world. We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities. Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe

Special Collections & Galleries at the University of Leeds is responsible for hundreds of thousands of rare books, manuscripts, archives, artworks and objects. The Special Collections and Galleries team are integral to teaching, learning and research at the University of Leeds. Our Research Centre in the Brotherton Library is open to anyone wishing to examine material from the collections. We support opportunities for researchers, students and the general public to understand and appreciate our shared historical legacy, through preserving, researching and promoting our collections. Our bespoke exhibition space, the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery, showcases our distinctive collections and allows us to tell stories in more detail through an events and activities programme.? 

Our object collections are varied, and include pottery and cuneiform tablets as well as First World War material and coins. You will work with our numismatic collections in the first instance, putting in place guidance and training for collections staff, embedding subject knowledge within the wider team, and completing a defined cataloguing project with the help of volunteers who you will recruit and supervise. You will engage with academic colleagues to embed our object collections in their teaching, and help develop and deliver public engagement activities using the object collections.

  • 26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year
  • Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
  • Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
  • Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more 

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Rhiannon Lawrence-Francis, Special Collections Curator

Contract Type:  Fixed Term (24 months for the sole purpose of completing a task or project with a specific end date)

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