Position at National Museums Scotland

Temporary Assistant Conservator
National Museums Scotland

UKP22,465 - UKP25,161 per annum plus membership of Civil Service
pension scheme

You will be responsible for practical and advisory conservation
support to the Engineering and Furniture conservation section. Your
priorities during the time leading up to the re-opening of the Royal
Museum building will be on the Menu Wall gallery and to be part of a
team re-installing the 5-meter high Millennium clock and associated
technology objects.

You must have an appropriate degree and a further qualification in
conservation or extensive relevant experience. It is vital that you
have a strong theoretical understanding of material issues and
treatments and that you are an able, practical conservator having
gained practical experience in a museums or similar environment. We
would expect you to have experience or expertise particularly in
metals conservation, with some experience of gallery/exhibition
installation or decant of artefacts. Strong documentation and
reporting skills are important, as is the ability to manage your
workload to meet the deadlines for the display of objects.

This is a fixed term contract until 30 June 2011.

Details of this post and of all our vacancies can be viewed on
<URL:http://www.nms.ac.uk>

For further information and an application pack, please visit
<URL:http://www.nms.ac.uk>, telephone +44 131 247 4094 (answerphone)
or email applications<-at->nms<.>ac<.>uk stating reference NMS10/86.

Closing date for completed applications is 2 August 2010. It is
anticipated that the selection event will take place on 17 August
2010.

National Museums Scotland is committed to being an Equal
Opportunities Employer.

Helene Telford
Human Resources Manager
(I normally work Monday to Thursday each week.)
National Museums Scotland
Chambers Street
Edinburgh EH1 1JF
+44 131 247 4223
Fax: +44 131 247 4314


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