Reference:TG4155
Opportunity type:Fixed-term, Full-time
Working hours:36 hours per week
Salary:£30,848 per annum
Location:London
Closing date:12 May 2024 at midnight
This is a new opportunity to join the Conservation department of one of the world’s leading art institutions. We are seeking an assistant preventive conservator to provide support and expertise across a range of preventive conservation activities. This role will also play a key part in our ongoing integrated pest management program at Tate Britain and Tate Modern, contributing to our understanding of risk, and the long-term sustainable care of Tate’s collections.
This role sits within the Conservation Science and Preventive Conservation section of Tate Conservation Department and Collection Care division. This is a highly collaborative role with a wide reach across the organization, touching on several program areas and collection care. You will support and assist our Preventive Conservators with IPM and environmental monitoring and provide advice on the care of Tate’s collection.
You will hold a qualification in preventive conservation or have equivalent experience in a heritage setting. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate experience carrying out preventive conservation activities within a complex environment and knowledge of integrated pest management. The role is varied, covering the realm of preventive conservation activities, across Tate sites within a collaborative dynamic working environment. You will also need to communicate effectively to colleagues, and external stakeholders. You will also need to demonstrate effective organisational, time management and planning skills.
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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.
