Position at British Museum

Preventive Conservator
British Museum
Central London
UKP22,513 pa

The British Museum wishes to recruit a full-time Preventive
Conservator to work in the Department of Conservation, Documentation
and Science.

Your primary role will be to help provide a comprehensive and
unified preventive conservation service for the Museum's
collections. You will run environmental monitoring, integrated pest
management, materials testing and assist with the formulation and
implementation of relevant policies to facilitate collection care.
You will liaise with other stakeholders on appropriate climatic
conditions for the display, storage and transport of the Museum's
collections by participating in the planning of exhibitions, loans
and stores. You will have experience of problem solving, good
analytical and computer skills, as well as excellent organisational
and communication skills.

You must have a recognised professional qualification in
conservation, and significant experience in museum or heritage
collections care, which has included preventive conservation.

For further information or a full application pack, please see
<URL:http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/jobs/index.html>, email
bm [at] peoplemedia__co__uk or telephone +44 845 601 0885 quoting reference
712.

Closing date for applications is midday, 1 March 2007.

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