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Paintings Conservator

Reference:TG4338 

Opportunity type:Fixed-term, Full-time and Part-time 

Working hours:Please find details in the job description 

Salary:£38,394 per annum (prorated accordingly to hours worked per week)  

Location:London  

Closing date:13 February 2025 at midday 

We are looking to recruit three experienced and motivated Paintings Conservators to join our Paintings, Frames & Workshop Conservation team. Each of the three roles focuses on a different programme area – Tate Modern, Tate Britain and Loans/Tate Liverpool. You will focus on Tate’s programme of exhibitions & displays and loans, documenting, preparing and treating paintings within Tate’s Collection. We are seeking collaborators, who can work flexibly and work with us to provide innovative solutions to solve complex challenges for collection artworks and ensure high standards of preservation.

You will hold a recognised qualification in the Conservation of Easel Paintings and have demonstrable practical experience treating and stabilising a broad range of paintings with full consideration of the practical and ethical issues. You will have performed condition surveys, prepared estimates and will understand long-term care issues for paintings. Effective communication will be essential, as well as good time management, project planning skills and the ability to work well under pressure and to meet deadlines.

The role is based across the London sites, Tate Modern, Tate Britain and Tate Stores.

These positions are offered on fixed-term contracts - details can be found in the job description.

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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.

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