Collection Care Conservator

2 weeks ago


Oxford, United Kingdom University of Oxford Full time

**About the role**

Conservation and Collection Care, based at the Weston Library, are part of the Special Collections Department at the Bodleian Libraries. The section is organised into 3 areas, Book, Paper and Preventive Conservation. Alongside our curatorial colleagues they look after and preserve the objects in the collection for current and future generations.

We are pleased to offer a new permanent post as a Collection Care Conservator, working across the Book Conservation and Preventive Conservation sections. The role will focus on the conservation treatment of the collection, and preventive conservation tasks including rehousing projects, collection surveys, and collection cleaning.

This is a permanent, part-time post working 29.2 hours (0.8FTE) per week. The post-holder will work onsite at the Weston Library.

**The anticipated start date for this position is May 2024.**

This job includes duties that will require additional security pre-employment checks: A satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service check due to having access to and extensive handling of Special Collections material.

**About you**
- Experience of book and paper conservation treatments and preventive conservation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrable capacity to analyse and present information clearly for different audiences, in addition to recording information in our database.
- A flexible approach to work.
- Excellent inter-personal skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.

**Benefits**

Benefits of working at Oxford University include: generous pension schemes, annual leave entitlement and option to buy additional leave, family friendly benefits, and the University Club gym. More information is available here.

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