Conservator: Storage Coordinator

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom The British Museum Full time

**Conservation**
**Full-time**
**Permanent £34,936 **per annum**
**Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Sunday 9**th** April 2023**

**About the role**:
The postholder will lead in the care of the collection through preventive conservation measures and to lead in the coordination of conservation related activities concerning collection storage. This role delivers through representation, planning, and cross-museum collaboration in support of the museum’s operating plan, and to proactively engage with public outreach activities of the Department of Conservation.

**Key areas of responsibility**:

- To lead in the coordination of preventive conservation related activities concerning collection storage.
- To act as lead conservation liaison and member of the core project team for all relevant projects. Contributing to the delivery of storage projects and providing conservation and preservation expertise, ensuring effective delivery to time and budget.
- To coordinate workflow across relevant teams in the Collection Care Department to ensure project delivery.
- To provide expert advice and collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders, e.g. collections management, curatorial and project staff, across the museum on conservation, preventive conservation and collection care related matters.
- Providing a point of continuous review to streamline and improve processes and procedures relating to the safeguarding of the collection in storage.

**About you**:

- Recognised professional conservation qualification to degree level or equivalent experience
- Experience with storage related activities
- Excellent knowledge of contemporary principles and practice in preventive conservation
- Excellent demonstrable practical skills and knowledge in preventive conservation
- Experience with collection storage related activities
- Strong understanding of conservation theory and ethical decision making
- Relevant knowledge of health and safety
- Good computing skills and proficiency with a range of IT systems

**About the British Museum**:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

- Membership of the civil service pension scheme
- Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
- Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Interest-free travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

**Additional details**:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.

The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated fairly because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.

We are also currently piloting a flexible way of working that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage and how flexible working could work for you.

**The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.

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