Position at the Hamilton Kerr Institute

Departmental Administrator
Hamilton Kerr Institute, Whittlesford
Fitzwilliam Museum

UKP27,057 - UKP32,277

The Hamilton Kerr Institute (HKI) is a Department of the Fitzwilliam
Museum, and a teaching faculty within the History of Art Department
of the University, situated in the village of Whittlesford (8 miles
south of Cambridge).  With a staff of up to fifteen, up to ten
students and interns, and on occasion extra contract staff or
volunteers delivering specific services, the Institute teaches the
three-year Postgraduate Diploma in the Conservation of Easel
Paintings and accepts post-programme interns (who have already
obtained a Masters from other institutions), for up to two years of
advanced training and research.  The Institute accepts on average
two Diploma students biennially, and offers up to six post-programme
internships a year, and there may also be a number of PhD candidates
or other researcher-grade staff at various times.  The annual
teaching period is longer than normal University terms, taking up 45
weeks of the year, split into three 15 week terms, with a week's
break at Christmas, a week at Easter and five weeks in the summer.

The HKI also provides a conservation service to the Museum, treating
easel paintings from the Department of Paintings, Drawings and
Prints (PDP), as well as painted objects from other departments of
the museum when required.  It also undertakes the conservation of
easel paintings and their preventive conservation for a wide range
of other clients including the National Trust and the Royal
Collection, as well as other Cambridge University departments and
Colleges, and museums and collections outside Cambridge.

The role holder advises the Director in all aspects of management
and financial organisation, handles all confidential matters of the
Institute, develops systems and undertakes project management for
the conservation treatments and projects undertaken by the
Institute, and is the registrar for students and interns, as well as
the Human Resources representative.  Two staff members, and any
volunteers, report to the role holder.

Due to the diversity, scope and level of responsibility of the role,
the job is very demanding, and requires a pro-active and flexible
approach to problem solving, and excellent organisational and
communication skills.  The Institute, being a small establishment at
a distance from Cambridge, fosters a close collegiate atmosphere and
the role of the Administrator is pivotal in fostering a team spirit
and close working relationships among both staff and students.

Offers of employment will be conditional upon the satisfactory
outcome of a Basic Disclosure check via Disclosure Scotland.  Whether
an outcome is satisfactory will be determined by the University.

To submit an application for this vacancy, please click on the link
in the 'Apply online' button on the advert published on the
University's Job Opportunities pages

    <URL:http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk>

This will route you to the University's Web Recruitment System,
where you will need to register an account (if you have not already)
and log in before completing the online application form.

Closing date for applications: midnight 9 April 2015

Planned interview date: w/c 27 April 2015

Any queries should be directed to recruitment<-at->fitzmuseum<.>cam<.>ac<.>uk
or +44 1223 764840

The University welcomes diversity and is committed to equality of
opportunity.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are
eligible to live and work in the UK


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