Senior Conservator

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery; Exeter; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 19,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a prestigious museum as a Senior Conservator, where you'll play a vital role in preserving a diverse collection of over 1.5 million items. This part-time position offers the opportunity to engage in both preventive and hands-on conservation tasks, ensuring the integrity of artifacts for both permanent and temporary displays. Collaborate with a dedicated team and contribute to exciting projects while enhancing your skills in a supportive environment. If you have a passion for conservation and a desire to make a difference, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering projects to tight deadlines.
• Effective team worker with excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for practical conservation of materials for display.
• Assist with exhibitions and support income generation through client work.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Time Management

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Scientific Training in Archaeological Conservation

Interest in Ethnographic Conservation

Natural History Conservation

Job description

Salary

£16,683-£18,969 / Grade H

Contractual hours

18.5 hours per week

Basis

Part-time

Job category/type

Fixed Term Contract

Date posted

15/04/2025

Job reference

VAC000259/2025

We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated conservator with skill sets that complement the existing team: preferably a scientific training in archaeological conservation and a strong interest or specialism in ethnographic and Natural History conservation. The successful candidate will have excellent organisational and time management skills with experience in delivering projects to tight deadlines. The postholder will be an effective team worker with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and an awareness of the latest conservation developments.

About the role:

Responsible to the Museum’s Conservation Officer, the post of Senior Conservator is critical to the successful running of the conservation department and the delivery of RAMM’s busy programme. The role involves practical conservation of a wide range of materials both for permanent and temporary display and preventive conservation tasks, such as pest management, environmental monitoring, and storage improvement projects.

The postholder will assist with RAMM’s busy exhibition and loan schedule and support income generation through external client work.

The Senior Conservator will work closely with the technical support team and be responsible for supervising student conservators hosted by the department.

About the team:

The Award-winning Royal Albert Memorial Museum has wide-ranging collections of over 1.5 million items, including Archaeology & Antiquities, Fine & Decorative Arts, Costume, Natural Sciences, and a designated World Cultures Collection. There is a vibrant programme of temporary exhibitions, activities, loans, and collaborative projects ranging from local communities to National Museums. Its in-house conservation department works on a variety of projects, including both preventive and hands-on conservation. The department also manages the exhibitions technical support team, who work closely with conservators for mount-making, exhibition installation, and loan transport.

What next?

If we sound like the right fit for you and you feel like the right fit for us, we would welcome your application. Please click on the Apply button at the bottom of this page.

Alternatively, if you would like to find out more about the post, the team, or working with us at the Council, please contact Sarah Klopf, Museum Conservation Officer, via [e-mail]

We reserve the right to close any vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received.

Our commitment

At Exeter City Council, we are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve.

To support this commitment, we will strive to implement reasonable adjustments to support any members of our communities who face barriers in recruitment processes, irrespective of the reason.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.