Position at Science Museum, London

Collections Care Conservator
Science Museum, London
(15 hours per week over 2 days)

Salary: UKP23,970 per annum pro rata inclusive of allowances
Job reference: CON/FEB11-EXT

23 month fixed term contract

The Science Museum was founded in 1857 with objects shown at the
Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace. Today the Museum is
world renowned for its historic collections, awe-inspiring galleries
and inspirational exhibitions.

The Science Museum is seeking a flexible and enthusiastic
Collections Care Conservator to provide preventive duties of
environmental monitoring, Insect Pest Management (IPM), condition
reporting and accelerated ageing tests for the Blythe House object
storage facility.

You will supervise volunteers and conservation interns, provide
object awareness training for colleagues working with the collection
and have an active role in storage compression and improvement
programmes to support the Museum's programmes with collections
hazard support as required.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills and confident
communicating with a wide range of people.  Your will have
demonstrable skills in problem solving and prioritising, which will
be supported by your previous experience within a museum and
cultural heritage environment

You will be able to demonstrate the ability to plan and execute your
own work programmes, provide statistics and promote high collections
care standards. The ability to use Collections databases (Mimsy XG)
and practical expertise in object handling and risk assessment will
be essential.

For further information about the Science Museum, a full job
description and details of how to apply, please visit

    <URL:http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/vacancies>

or email

    Emma Duggan
    Conservation and Collections Care Manager
    Blythe House
    emma.duggan<-a t->sciencemuseum< . >org< . >uk

Closing date: Tuesday 15 March 2011, 12 noon

Interviews: Thursday 24 March 2011

We welcome applications from all sections of the community in which
we work.  We particularly welcome applications from disabled people
and we guarantee interviews to suitably qualified disabled
applicants.

Emma Duggan
Conservation and Collections Care Manager, Blythe House
Science Museum
Blythe House
23 Blythe Road
London W14 0QX
+44 20 7602 0281 ext. 205


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