Position at the Hamilton Kerr Institute

The Hamilton Kerr Institute for the conservation of easel paintings
is a postgraduate teaching institution with an international
reputation for the high quality of its programmes of instruction for
students and interns.  It also operates an active and wide-ranging
research programme and is a department of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

The Institute undertakes the conservation of easel paintings for the
Fitzwilliam Museum, and also for external public and private
collections.  Its clients include the University of Cambridge, the
National Trust and the Royal Collection.

Reporting to the Director, the role holder will undertake
income-generating practical conservation treatments as well as the
examination of easel paintings and polychrome sculptures.  He/she
will also undertake practical studio tuition and will supervise up
to ten students, interns and contract workers.  The role-holder is
responsible for the projects undertaken by him/her and for projects
he/she supervises.  The role holder assists in the running of the
Institute as required and collaborates with staff and post-graduate
students on research.  The role-holder also gives advice on
treatment options to clients and prepares estimates and proposals
for future projects.

You will hold at least a first degree together with a recognised
postgraduate qualification in conservation.  You will have an
established record in conservation research and practice.  Sound
commercial/business acumen together with an aptitude, (demonstrated
by experience), for teaching and supervising students, will be an
advantage.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful
candidate will be required to undergo a basic disclosure (criminal
records check) check and a security check.

Closing date: 12 May 2016

For further details and in order to submit an application see the
University of Cambridge jobs page at:

    <URL:http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/9979/>

Enquiries should be sent to Ms Lesley Dixon
<hki<-at->fitzmuseum<.>cam<.>cam<.>uk>

Lesley Dixon
Department Administrator
Hamilton Kerr Institute
Mill Lane
Whittlesford CB22 4NE
+44 1223 832 040
Fax: +44 1223 837 595


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