Assistant Curator, Middle East

V&A Museum of Childhood; City Of London; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading museum of art and design is seeking an Assistant Curator for its Islamic Middle East collection. The successful candidate will provide curatorial support, engage in research, and contribute to public programmes. This role offers opportunities for skill development within a major museum environment. Salary is £28,629 for a permanent, full-time position.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

29 days plus bank holidays

Flexible working

Tickets to exhibitions

Subsidised staff canteen

25% discount in shops

Bicycle loan

Employee Assistance Programme

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in museum curation.
• Ability to provide curatorial support and documentation.
• Strong research skills and presentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and care of the Islamic Middle East collection.
• Contribute to projects and public programmes.
• Assist with fundraising and income generation.

Job description

Salary £28,629

Location Cromwell Road, London

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in 18 days at 23:59 BST.

The Role

As Assistant Curator, Middle East, you will be part of the Asia department providing curatorial support to the development, care, documentation, research, presentation, and interpretation of the V&A’s Islamic Middle East collection. You will also play a role in the wider work of the V&A contributing to projects and public programmes and supporting fundraising and income generation. This is a wide-ranging role in which the postholder will be able to develop their skills in all aspects of museum curation.

The V&A

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

Our Mission Is To Be Recognised As The World's Leading Museum Of Art, Design And Performance, And To Enrich People's Lives By Promoting Research, Knowledge And Enjoyment Of The Designed World To The Widest Possible Audience. We Strive To Make The V&A Matter To More People And In That Context We Work To The Following Six Strategic Objectives

• To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
• Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
• Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact.
• To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
• Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
• Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.

The Benefits

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• Generous pension scheme
• 29 days plus bank holidays
• Flexible working
• Tickets to V&A exhibitions
• Subsidised staff canteen
• 25% discount in V&A shops
• Give as you earn scheme
• Bicycle loan
• Interest-free season ticket
• Interest-free rental deposit loan
• Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike
• Wide range of training and professional development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff diversity networks

ED&I at The V&A

At The V&A, We Are Committed To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion (EDI) For All And Strive To Go Above And Beyond Public Duty Placed Upon Us By The Equality Act 2010. As Such, We Are Delighted To Share That We Are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The V&A Makes The Following Commitments To All Applications

• The Disability Confident Employer scheme offers guaranteed interviews – Interviewing applicants with a disability who successfully evidence the essential criteria on a person specification and consider them on their abilities;
• Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
• Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job.
• Supporting employees and adjustments during employment.

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