Position at Science Museum, London

Conservator, Masterplan
Science Museum, London

36 hours per week

Based at Science Museum, South Kensington and Blythe House,
Kensington Olympia, London

Salary: UKP24,000 per annum

Full Time - 12 months
Hours: 36 per week
Start date: ASAP

Benefits: BUPA dental and medical cover.  Generous holiday and
pension.  Season ticket loan.

The Science Museum is seeking a highly skilled, friendly and
enthusiastic Conservator to work on two major permanent Masterplan
galleries: Mathematics and Medicine.

The post will be based at Blythe House in Kensington Olympia and at
the Science Museum in South Kensington depending on project activity
and will be part of the team of conservators which works across the
Science Museum's three sites, the third site is our large object
store and conservation lab at Wroughton.  Work will include
interventive conservation of objects for the two new galleries,
advising on preventive conservation and mounts, installing the
Mathematics gallery and working on decanting galleries relating to
the Medicine exhibition.  The postholder will work closely with
colleagues across the museum in Collections Information, Curatorial
and Masterplan teams and meet and advise project teams.

A recognised conservation qualification, or comparable experience,
will be supported by demonstrable skills in interventive and
preventive museum conservation on a wide range of historic objects
and material types.

You will need to be aware of hazard management procedures associated
with historical objects and have a good knowledge of Health and
Safety, including safe use of chemicals for lab safety and
collections management.

You will be able to supervise volunteers and conservation interns
and to provide advice and support to core team colleagues as well as
project staff.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills and be confident
communicating with a wide range of people.  You will have
demonstrable skills in problem solving and prioritising, which will
be supported by your previous experience within a museum or cultural
heritage environment.  You will be able to demonstrate the ability
to plan and execute your own work programmes, provide statistics and
promote high conservation and collections care standards.

The Science Museum Group (SMG) comprises the Science Museum in
London, the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, the
National Railway Museum in York and Shildon and the National Media
Museum in Bradford.  Together they share a unifying mission to
engage people in a dialogue about the past, present and future of
human ingenuity in the fields of science, technology, medicine,
transport and media.

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/AboutUs/>

Closing date: 26 April 2016 at 23:59
Interviews: TBC

To apply or for further information about SMG, details on how to
apply and a full job description, please visit

    <URL:http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about-us/jobs>


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