Senior Collections

3 weeks ago


Morpeth, United Kingdom National Trust Full time

Summary Care, conservation, and presentation of Cragside’s nationally significant collections is what this senior leadership role is all about. You will be responsible for:

- Care of the 21,000 collection objects, the fourth largest collection in the National Trust
- Management of opening the house to up to 1,200 visitors a day
- Line management a team of Collection Assistants and volunteers
- Bringing your exceptional heritage-sector experience to implement preventive conservation, delivery of our annual deep cleaning programme, and an excellent standard of interpretation and presentation.

**Working week expected to be Sunday to Thursday. **

We would consider offering support to help you relocate if required.

What it's like to work here Our highly experienced Collections and House Team thrive in our busy, operational environment, working collaboratively to improve our exceptional visitor offer year on year. Our exciting plans for developing our collection and interpretationare ambitious, and we are looking for someone who can play a key part in delivering them. We are a supportive and friendly team, who work hard but always find time to have a cup of tea and catch up.

Set in the heart of the stunning Northumberland landscape, Cragside is a unique place to work. Here William Armstrong, the brilliant engineer and manufacturer, built a wonder of the Victorian age. Illuminated with hydro-electricity and powered by hydraulics,the impressive Arts and Crafts house is the place where modern living began. This collection is unique in its size and variety, from beautiful interiors to innovative engineering.

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What you'll be doing This is a fantastic opportunity to help develop and care for one of the nation's most unique houses. Working in close collaboration with the existing Senior Collections and House Officer and with support from the Property Curator, you’llbe responsible for delivering all aspects of the visitor operation at the House, ensuring appropriate resources are in place to provide a safe and consistently exceptional service for our visitors. You will line manage a team of Collection Assistants and volunteers,to implement preventive conservation, environmental monitoring, and the delivery of our annual deep cleaning programme within the house to ensure an excellent level of care. You’ll be responsible for the implementation of new collections management procedures,working to sector standards to inform our understanding of the house and the collection, and to improve how we conserve, interpret, and present the property. You’ll develop imaginative ways of engaging our visitors with our fascinating history, and sharingour work to care for the collections. Who we're looking for
- Experienced people manager with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the capability to both work collaboratively and lead a team Detailed knowledge of Accreditation standards and a track record of working with digital collections databases
- Operational experience of collections management and preventative conservation in a historic environment
- Experience of managing a busy visitor operation and working with the public in a high-pressure environment
- Good research skills and a passion for deepening our understanding of the collections
- Ability to contribute creative and practical ideas towards interpretation and the visitor experience within the House, with a focus on optimising the visitor experience
- Some experience of managing small, delegated budgets
- Detailed orientated, strong work ethic, and excellent organisational skills.

**Please refer to the full job description for further details.**

The package The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audienceswe serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

Wherever you’re from, and whatever your background, we want to hear from you - and it doesn’t matter if you’re jam first, cream first, or even if you don’t like scones at all. Everyone is welcome.

Benefits for working at the National Trust include:

- Flexible working whenever possible
- Free parking at most locations
- Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
- Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

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