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This role is an excellent opportunity to join our busy Collections Management team and learn how to carry out a range of core museum tasks in a national museum.

Project Delivery Assistants are responsible for the accurate location and movement of objects using barcode technology. The team get to handle, move and document the vast range of objects IWM cares for. You will contribute to projects to increase access and use to the collections or to ensure they are cared for to a high standard. The work will include basic documentation, labelling, preparing collections for digitisation or for movement to newly renovated storage locations.

The role is based full time on site at IWM Duxford and is not possible to work from home.

Your duties will include:

1. To undertake movement of items to and from store, the IWM Research Room and between branches to agreed schedules. This will, on occasion, include the moving licenced and hazardous objects as part of the IWM collections. Locations must be updated as set out in the Museum’s Location Policy and Procedures.

2. To undertake object inventory documentation.

3. To assist in the delivery of core corporate projects. Activity will be divided across the team into Projects and will include, for example, support of:

• To undertake inventory, basic documentation and exit processes,
• Overseeing processing of access digitisation orders,
• Collection movement projects,
• Supporting exhibition installations at all IWM branches
• Reorganisation of storage areas, including undertaking packing projects, as defined by media requirements and storage environment to an agreed schedule,
• Contributing to the housekeeping, cleaning and maintenance of collection items and storage areas,
• Basic condition checking of collections (e.g. identifying paper requiring minor repairs, minor repairs on library books).

4. To identify any collection condition issues, risks or building defects (plant or fabric) to the Head of Collection Projects.

5. To provide supervision of contractors and IWM staff requiring collection access. This will include supervising temporary staff or contractors working on collection projects.

6. Deputising for the Project Delivery Managers as appropriate, for example monitoring and reporting on project progress, allocating work to the wider team and supervising staff/contractors.

7. To ensure adherence to safe working practices, working to agreed method and risk assessments.

8. The post-holder is based at IWM Duxford but will, on occasion, be required to work or attend meetings or training sessions at any of the museum’s locations as directed. This is likely to be once every 3-4 months.

Training standard required – E-Learning IOSH Working Safely (Course duration 2 working weeks for completion)

• Work in such a manner as to ensure their own safety and the safety of others including members of the public and report to their Manager any hazards, dangerous occurrences or dangerous equipment they see, and any accident they are involved in or that they witness.

Staff must be aware of and abide by IWM’s information security, data protection and health and safety policies regarding the handling of all sensitive and personal data

For a full list of duties and the person specification (which your application will be marked against) please view the Job Description.