Conservator (Ucf Insurance Claim Project)

1 month ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE06 £30,619 - £35,308 Per Annum**

**IS/Library & University Collections/Heritage Collections**

**Full-time, 35 hours per week**

**Fixed Term for 12 months
We are looking for a Projects Conservator to join the UCF Insurance Claim Project, where they will ensure that conservation-related targets and standards are met in accordance with the project plan.

**The Opportunity**:
The goal of the UCF Insurance Claim Project is to deliver the collections remediation necessary following on from damage caused by a catastrophic water ingress at the University Collections Facility (UCF) in 2019. The project includes preventive and interventive conservation plans, restoring value to the collections by upgrading metadata, and ensuring the affected collections are once again available for teaching and research.

This post will report to the UCF Project Manager and Rare Book Specialist, with support and guidance from the Conservation and Collections Management (C&CM) team within Museum Collections.

The C&CM team collaborates across Museum Collections and Special Collections to provide the interventive treatment (Conservation team) and stewardship (Collections Management team) necessary to ensure the long-term preservation of, and access to, the University’s rare/unique collections.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Comprehensive knowledge of conservation working practices and procedures, with a focus on paper-based collections; and a thorough understanding of current professional best practice
- Accuracy and attention to detail within a methodical approach to planning and execution
- Self-motivation, good time-management; use of initiative and own judgement, tact, persuasiveness and assertiveness
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, in particular the ability to communicate findings and recommendations

**Click to view a copy of the full **job description **(opens new browser tab)

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Interviews will be held in **August 2023 **.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages **(opens new browser tab).

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.


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