Preventive Conservation Technician

V&A Museum of Childhood; City Of London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cultural institution seeks a Preventive Conservation Technician to join their team. The role involves housekeeping for collections and displays, as well as integrated pest management tasks. Ideal candidates will possess flexibility, strong IT skills, and a commitment to preventive conservation practices. This position offers full-time hours and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

29 days plus bank holidays

Flexible working

Tickets to exhibitions

Subsidised staff canteen

25% discount in shops

Qualifications

• Experience or interest in integrated pest management.
• Flexible with good time management skills.
• Sound knowledge of IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Support the Preventive Conservation team.
• Conduct collections and galleries housekeeping.
• Perform preventive conservation maintenance.

Skills

Integrated pest management (IPM)

Time management

Data collection and recording

Job description

Overview

Salary £28,520 - £37,384

Location: Cromwell Road, London

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in 17 days at 23:59 BST.

The Role

Preventive Conservation Technician

2 Positions Are Available

• 1 position at V&A East Storehouse (full-time; 36 hours/week)
• 1 position at V&A South Kensington (part-time; 21.6 hours/week)

About the V&A

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance and the custodian of an extraordinary and extensive collection spanning decorative and applied arts. It houses a collection of over 2.3 million objects that document 5,000 years of human creativity from across six continents.

As a Preventive Conservation Technician, you will be part of the Preventive Conservation team. You will have experience or interest in integrated pest management (IPM), collections and galleries housekeeping, Oddy testing, and preventive conservation maintenance of display cases. You will be flexible, with good time management skills and able to prioritise your workload. You will also have a sound knowledge and experience of using IT systems and confident in data collection and recording.

About 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 we work to 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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

EDI 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. 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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