Assistant Curator

5 days ago

London, United Kingdom Gordon Yates Full time

A background having worked within an auction house, gallery or museum
- Extremely well organised - essential.
- Business level French spoken and written - highly desired

**Assistant Curator**

**Who will you be working for?**
Our Client is a lovely small corporate business with offices within Central and Greater London.

**What will you be doing?**
You will be working closely with the Curator and CEO (property team and the building department where necessary) to provide maintenance and ongoing monitoring of a large collection covering vast periods within art history (fine and applied).

Key Duties:

- Verification checks to confirm the condition of items and their correct location.
- Organising the conservation and/or restoration of items, as required.
- Assisting with the acquisition of new items for the main collection (pre-selection, recommendations and bidding).
- Researching the history of the items in the collection.
- Organising framing.
- Assisting with planned publications about the collection.
- Liaising with museums about loans.
- Maintaining the database, particularly the accuracy of locations.
- Adding new items post-purchase and updating any movements during the year.
- Preparing papers for, and working with auditors for the annual audit.
- Other general administration, including maintaining a rolling list of upcoming London auctions.
- Any other related duties when necessary.

**About you**:

- Previous experience within a similar role - highly desired.
- A passion for art work.
- Business level French spoken and written - highly desired
- Be an exceptional communicator - essential.
- Confident in a formal environment.
- Exceptional administration skills.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Reliable with exceptional time keeping.

**What’s in it for you?**
This is a unique opportunity to work with an exceptional art collection. The position will include occasional travel between locations, expenses will be covered for work related travel.

Working hours are 9.15am - 5.45pm plus great benefits including contributory pension, discretionary Christmas bonus, 5 weeks annual leave and more. The salary is £20,000pa - £50,000pa dependent on experience. Note, this is an in-office position.

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