Position at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Objects Conservator specialising in Metals
Victoria and Albert Museum

Fixed term, full-time for 5 years
Funded by the Gilbert Trust for the Arts

The V&A is the world's leading museum of art, design and
performance.  We enrich people's lives by promoting research,
knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible
audience.

We are seeking an objects conservator with a clear specialism in
metals conservation to undertake the preparation of objects from the
Museum's Collection, and in particular from the Rosalinde and Arthur
Gilbert Collection, for display in galleries, exhibitions, loans and
collections care.

You will have a recognised qualification in metals conservation and
at least two years post-graduation experience.  You will undertake
all aspects of practical preventive and interventive conservation,
predominantly on metals objects, but will also have a practical
knowledge of the conservation of other materials including stone,
wood, gemstones and enamels to enable you assess and examine objects
within the Gilbert Collection.  You will be highly self-motivated,
have good time-management skills and be able to organise your own
workload with the minimum of supervision.  You will be able to work
independently or as part of a team.  You will have good
interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate good communication
skills, both verbal and written.  An ability to express yourself
clearly and appropriately to different audiences is important.

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

Salary:  UKP26,137 - UKP31,414

Please apply online via the V&A's website at

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

Application deadline 5 June 2017

Joanne Hackett ACR
Head of Textiles and Fashion Conservation
Victoria and Albert Museum
+44 207 942 2125


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