Reference:TG4107
Opportunity type:Permanent, Full-time
Working hours:36 hours per week
Salary:£37,567 per annum
Location:London
Closing date:07 May 2024 at midnight
The Sculpture and Installation Art Conservator role will provide support and expertise for Sculptural artworks at Tate sites with a focus on processing new artworks into the collection. The role will also collaborate and contribute to the conservation and collection care activities within the team, contributing to development of procedures and workflows for the preservation of the works in the collection.
In this role, you will assess and process artworks for touring exhibitions, working alongside the loans out conservators and managing a senior technician. You’ll like this role if you enjoy working with contemporary artworks across a wide range of materials and construction types. You will also research and create document files for each artwork and work with specialists to get works display ready.
The successful candidate will have a professional qualification in conservation (Sculpture or Objects Conservation) or equivalent experience. They will also have experience in undertaking assessment, treatment and documentation of objects.
More information about the role can be found in the job description.
This position has been advertised internally only and is only open to current Tate Gallery employees on permanent, fixed-term or temporary contracts, and agency workers currently temping at Tate Gallery.
Application Information
If you wish to apply for this vacancy, please apply online. Please also refer to our Guidance Notes that can be found below.
Frequently, we receive a high level of applications and as such, reserve the right to close applications before the advert deadline. To avoid disappointment, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Successful candidates will have access to a range of benefits, including 25 days annual leave entitlement, rising to 27 days pro rata after 3 years of service; an extra day off for your birthday each year; a cycle to work scheme; opportunities for blended and flexible working; free access to Tate exhibitions and other museums and galleries; Life Assurance; and a ‘Defined Contribution’ pension scheme with generous employer contributions. Successful candidates who are already members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme or have recently left the scheme may be eligible to remain as members of this scheme instead.
