Position at The University of Manchester

Decant Co-ordinator Ref: 945/02
The University of Manchester
The Manchester Museum

The Manchester Museum <URL:http://www.museum.man.ac.uk/> is regarded
as one of the UK's leading regional Museums for the importance of
its collections, interpretation, learning programmes and research.
The Museum's renowned collections reflect the development of human
culture and natural history worldwide.

The Decant Co-ordinator is required, for six months from January
2003, to provide support during the movement and storage of
collections for the Capital Development Project. Principal duties
include assisting with the planning and implementing the removal
programme of the collections, assisting in the planning of the
stores and tracking the movement of objects and maintaining up to
date location records. In addition the successful candidate will be
required to oversee and monitor the work of the removal contractor
and project assistants. The Successful candidate will have
experience of handling collections in a museum environment, have
experience of working with databases and be able to supervise staff
and contractors and be able to work well as part of a team. In
addition the successful candidate should be able to lift, carry and
move collections.

Salary in the range of UKP15,053-UKP17,880 per annum.

An application form and further details are available from

    Anna Davey
    The Manchester Museum
    The University of Manchester
    Oxford Road
    Manchester M13 9PL
    +44 161 275 2634
    anna.j.davey [at] man__ac__uk

Closing date is November 11, 2002

As an Equal Opportunities employer, The University of Manchester
welcomes applications from suitably qualified people from all
sections of the community regardless of race, religion, gender or
disability.

Velson Horie
Keeper of Conservation
The Manchester Museum
The University
Manchester
M13 9PL
UK
+44 161 275 2656
Fax: +44 161 275 2674

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