Position at Bristol Museums and Art Gallery

Conservation and Documentation Manager
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Full time, permanent

BG12: UKP32,778 - UKP35,661

Based at

    Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
    Queens' Road
    Bristol BS8 1RL

Ref: 25529

Bristol is a vibrant European city with a lively cultural offer.
Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives (BMGA) is central to Bristol
City Council's Culture Team and at the heart of Bristol's history,
identity and global recognition.  BMGA is a 'Major Partner Museum'
(MPM) receiving funding from Arts Council England (currently assured
until April 2018) in addition to its core funding from its governing
body, Bristol City Council.

In a new post, the teams of conservators (5 posts) and documentation
officers (4 posts) have been brought together under one manager
responsible for these facets of collection management.  This
Conservation and Documentation Manager reports to the Head of
Collections and Archives, one of three deputy heads within the
Culture team.

The successful candidate is likely to be an experienced museum
professional with a specialist background in either museum
conservation or documentation, or ideally both.  They will
demonstrate good personnel management skills and an understanding of
the collection management issues facing museums today.  BMGA
utilises the EMu museum documentation system for its museum
collections and CALM for the archive collections.  Conservation
disciplines represented are: oil paintings, works on paper, museum
objects and preventive conservation.  Further developing collection
management in all these areas is a priority.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the knowledge, aptitude
and experience detailed in the Employee Specification.

For further information and to apply please visit

    <URL:http://jobs.bristol.gov.uk>

Closing date: July 19, 2015


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