Position at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Sculpture Conservator
Victoria and Albert Museum

Full time post

This is a permanent position.

UKP25,763-30,965 per annum

The V&A is the world's leading museum of art and design.  We enrich
people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing
knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world.

The Victoria and Albert Museum is seeking a sculpture conservator to
undertake a broad range of practical work on sculpture from the
V&A's collections.

The successful candidate will have completed a recognised
conservation training programme and gained excellent practical
skills.  The ability to quickly and accurately assess condition,
estimate treatment times, prepare treatment proposals, deliver
conservation treatments and documentation, often to tight deadlines,
is also essential.

You will be highly motivated and able to organise your own workload
with the minimum of supervision and be able to work independently or
as part of a team.  You will have excellent problem-solving skills,
as well as good planning and organisational skills.  You will also
be an effective communicator and will be familiar with Microsoft
programmes (such as Word, PowerPoint).  Familiarity with simple
databases and digital image processing would be desirable.

Applicants invited for interview will be asked to submit in advance
an electronic portfolio.

Closing date:  Midnight Sunday 5 July, 2015
Interviews will be held on Monday 27 July, 2015

For more details and a link to the application form, please go to
the V&A website.

    <URL:http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/jobs/apply/>

Charlotte Hubbard
Head of Sculpture Conservation
Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London SW7 2RL


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