Conservator (Textiles)

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom V&A Museum of Childhood Full time £18,200 per year

Salary £35,561.00 pro rata

Location Cromwell Road, London

This is a Fixed Term Contract, Full Time vacancy that will close in 13 days at 23:59 GMT.
The Role
Fixed term 15-week contract ending before the end of April 2026, applications to work part-time considered

The V&A is recruiting for a Conservator (Textiles) to join the Textile Conservation Team on a fixed term contract. The successful applicant will primarily support the delivery of the museum's programme of loans out to other museums. The work will be varied with opportunities to work on a range of different object types and will include conservation treatments, costume mounting and some project management.

You will undertake practical preventive and interventive conservation on textiles from the Museum's collections, including assessment and technical examination, and advise on the best handling, storage, and safe display of textile objects. You will be required to have a good practical knowledge of textiles and related materials, their structure, degradation processes and conservation techniques, and the ability to evaluate conservation problems, develop solutions and produce practical work and documentation of a high standard. Some costume mounting experience would be an advantage.

The Textile Conservation Team works closely with the Costume Display Team and collaborates with specialists in other V&A Conservation studios to treat mixed-media objects. We also work with the Conservation Operations Team, the Preventive Conservation Team, the Conservation Science Team, and other stakeholders such as Technical Services, Curators, and external borrowers.

The V&A
The V&A is the world's leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

Our Mission Is To Be Recognised As The World's Leading Museum Of Art, Design And Performance, And To Enrich People's Lives By Promoting Research, Knowledge And Enjoyment Of The Designed World To The Widest Possible Audience. We Strive To Make The V&A Matter To More People And In That Context We Work To The Following Six Strategic Objectives

  • To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
  • Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
  • Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact.
  • To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
  • Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
  • Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.

The Benefits
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Benefits
Generous pension scheme

29 days plus bank holidays

Flexible working

Tickets to V&A exhibitions

Subsidised staff canteen

25% discount in V&A shops

Give as you earn scheme

Bicycle loan

Interest-free season ticket

Interest-free rental deposit loan

Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike

Wide range of training and professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff diversity networks

ED&I at The V&A
At The V&A, We Are Committed To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion (EDI) For All And Strive To Go Above And Beyond Public Duty Placed Upon Us By The Equality Act 2010. As Such, We Are Delighted To Share That We Are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The V&A Makes The Following Commitments To All Applications

  • The Disability Confident Employer scheme offers guaranteed interviews – Interviewing applicants with a disability who successfully evidence the essential criteria on a person specification and consider them on their abilities;
  • Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
  • Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job.
  • Supporting employees and adjustments during employment.

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