Assistant Registrar

**About us**:
Arts Council Collection began when the Arts Council of Great Britain was founded in 1946. It was formed around a small group of paintings from the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) and its aim was to promote the appreciation of contemporary art through touring exhibitions. Since 1986 the Arts Council Collection has been managed by the Southbank Centre on behalf of Arts Council England, safeguarding the Collection for future generations.

Today, we boast over 8,200 works by close to 2,200 artists including work from a diverse range of artists from Barbara Hepworth, Tracey Emin, Anish Kapoor and Henry Moore to Mona Hatoum, Anthea Hamilton, Lubaina Himid and Grayson Perry. We support artists from a range of backgrounds and disciplines - most often at an early stage of their careers. From multi-part installations to performance, painting, sculpture and moving image, the works that enter the Collection are representative of the best and most ambitious modern and contemporary British art made in the UK. We continue to bring art to every corner of the country through lending to museums, galleries, schools, hospitals and other public institutions and through learning, projects and touring exhibitions.

**Role Objectives**

To support and assist the registrarial responsibilities relating to Arts Council Collection, working directly with the Registrar and Collection Care team

**Main responsibility**
- **Assisting the Registrar with the maintenance of the Arts Council Collection’s Collections Management System including but not limited to: object entry and exit, location and movement control, cataloguing, loans out, acquisition, documentation, provenance due diligence, valuation and audit.**:

- ** Work with the Registrar to develop robust Collection Management policies and procedures**:

- **Support the Registrar and work closely with the collection and technical teams to ensure that artworks are packed, moved and installed/de-installed safely and in accordance with SPECTRUM standard**:

- ** Assisting with general collection management related administration.**:

- **Assist with preparing exhibition loan and long loan agreements, ensuring all paperwork is circulated to borrowers and filed accordingly**:
**Person Specification
- Museum professional with significant work experience within collection-based or documentation department of a public sector museum, art gallery or historic house.
- Thorough understanding of transport and handling requirements for the safe movement of objects within the UK and overseas. Sound knowledge of best practice regarding security and display of objects to national and international museum standards
- Good understanding of museum/gallery documentation policies and standards (Spectrum) underpinning collections management across a wide range of object types, with particular knowledge of best practice in relation to acquisitions and loans out.

By attracting people to work for us from a broad range of backgrounds with diverse attitudes, opinions and beliefs we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. SC is a warm and welcoming place to work, with great aspirations and ambitions to create great and accessible work for all. We pride ourselves in building a supportive environment to enable the development of our staff.

If you feel you have just some of the required skills and experience but meet the person specification, we would still encourage you to apply; we are very open to continuing the training and development of individuals who are self motivated to acquire new skills and knowledge relevant to the role.

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