Conservator, Textiles London, England
Job description
Department: Conservation & Collection Care
Location: London Wall
Role type: Fixed Term Contract (maternity cover for up to 1 year)
Level of security check required: Basic Disclosure
Closing date: 7 March 2023
Interviews: 16 March 2023
Salary: £29,461
At the Museum of London we connect people with the lived experience of London. The story we tell is one of place and people, evolving through interaction and exchange. We summarise what we do in three words: We Are London.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and efficient textile conservator to help prepare our dress and textiles collections for our New Museum project and current exhibitions and collecting projects while our textile conservator is on maternity leave.
The Museum of London is on the move. We want to tell the extraordinary story of London and Londoners in a new museum in West Smithfield, itself a deeply fascinating and historic area. This role will be part of the specialist team preparing the collections for the new galleries and displays, helping process new acquisitions, and conserving and preparing objects for the move and installation. It will also help conserve and mount objects for our current exhibition programme.
For more information about this role, please see the Job Description. To know more about what it’s like to work in the Museum of London and to get some top tips on how to make the best of your application visit: https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/about-us/jobs
If you would like to apply for this role, please click ‘apply’ where you will be directed to our online recruitment system. Applications are by application form. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 7 March 2023. Successful candidates will be invited to an interview on Thursday 16 March 2023.
The Museum of London is committed to equal opportunities and diversity. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, who are currently under-represented in our organisation.
