Position at British Museum

Preventive Conservator/Preventive Conservation Scientist
Department of Conservation and Scientific Research
British Museum

Full Time; 41 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract; End date 31 July 2012 with possibility of
extension

24,381 GBP per annum

The British Museum is currently recruiting for a Preventive
Conservator/Preventive Conservation Scientist to work within the
Department of Conservation and Scientific Research. You will help to
provide a comprehensive and unified preventive conservation service
for the Museum's collections, in collaboration with other
stakeholders and to assist with the formulation and implementation
of relevant policies and procedures.

You will have responsibility for monitoring, materials testing and
analytical duties as well as provision of technical assistance and
advice to promote best practices throughout the Museum, for the
long-term preservation of its collections. In addition, you will
help to deliver preventive conservation, collection care and
housekeeping training, in collaboration with other stakeholders, as
part of the Museum's international strategies.

You will have a strong science or conservation background and
interest or experience working in the areas of preventive
conservation or preventive conservation science.

You will have an interest in the deterioration and conservation of
historical and archaeological artefacts, with a particular emphasis
on the impact of environmental factors on the preservation of such
objects. You will ideally have experience in assessing and
monitoring all aspects of environmental conditions (including light,
relative humidity, temperature, vibration, dust and pollutant
gas/air monitoring, etc), in undertaking materials testing, in
integrated pest management and in delivering a preventive
conservation strategy.

For further information or to apply for this role, please go to

    <URL:http://www.britishmuseum.org/jobs>

Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 19 December 2011.

Dr Catherine Higgitt
Head of Science
Department of Conservation and Scientific Research
The British Museum
Great Russell Street
London, WC1B 3DG
+44 20 7323 8679
Fax: +44 0 20 7323 8276
Mobile: +44 781 4472 586

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