The Museum is looking for a Collections Care and Conservation Officer.
Location: Stafford
Salary: £23,000
Employment Contract Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Closing Date: 16/04/2023 11:59 pm
Interview Date: 27/04/2023
About the role
Collections Care and Conservation Officer
Fixed Term (18 months)
Full time
Stafford
£23,000 per annum
The Royal Air Force Museum is a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity, with two sister sites at London and Midlands. Our purpose is to share the RAF story, past, present and future – using the stories of its people and our collections in order to engage, inform and inspire. Our Vision is to inspire everyone with the RAF story – the people who shape it and its place in our lives.
We have two public sites (London and Midlands) and a stored collection (Stafford). Our trading company and active fundraising supplement Grant in Aid which comes through the Ministry of Defence.
We are looking for an experienced Collections Care and Conservation Officer to join the Museum team at an exciting time as we progress our Strategy to 2030 and begin the development phase of a National Lottery Heritage Fund supported programme of investment at our Midlands site.
You will support the Collections Storage Manager in the development and delivery of the stored collection relocation project. You will also support the identification, planning and delivery of conservation tasks on the project including the management of volunteers.
This role will be based at our Stafford site and will work across all three Museum sites as required. Working elsewhere in the UK and abroad may be necessary.
To apply:
• Please provide your current CV with a supporting statement which provides specific examples which demonstrate how you meet the competencies in the person specification. Please note that the shortlisting process will give greater weighting to the essential technical competencies. Please send the completed documents to jobs@rafmuseum.org with ‘Collections Care and Conservation Officer’ on the subject line.
• Closing date for applications: 16 April 2023
• Interviews will take on: 27 April 2023
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