Vacancy for Preventive Conservator (Archives) at Imperial War Museum

Digital Preservation Coalition; Duxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Imperial War Museum in Duxford is seeking a Preventive Conservator (Archives). This full-time position is responsible for the preservation of the museum's analogue archive collection, encompassing various media. The role involves collaboration for exhibitions and digitalization projects, underscoring its crucial function in maintaining historical artifacts.

Qualifications

• Experience in preservation of analogue archives required.
• Knowledge of conservation techniques and safety measures essential.

Responsibilities

• Implement and deliver preservation programmes for analogue archive collection.
• Collaborate on exhibitions and digitalisation projects.
• Conduct environmental monitoring and control.

Skills

Integrated Pest Management

Environmental Monitoring

Hazard Awareness

Collections Emergency Planning

Job description

• Vacancy for Preventive Conservator (Archives) at Imperial War Museum

Vacancy for Preventive Conservator (Archives) at Imperial War Museum

27 November 2023

Full-Time

The Preservation Conservator (Archives) is based at IWM Duxford and part of the Preservation Team, within the Department of Collections Management.

The role has responsibility for implementing and delivering preservation programmes of work at all IWM sites related to the preservation of IWM’s analogue archive collection, including documents, sound recordings, film, photographs, and printed ephemera. This incorporates Integrated Pest Management, environmental monitoring and control, hazard awareness, and collections emergency planning and salvage. The role also works closely with other teams and supports the development of permanent and temporary exhibitions, digitalisation projects and storage programmes of work for the analogue archive collections.

The post is based at IWM’s Duxford branch, but the role occasionally requires work to be undertaken at all museum sites, as directed.