The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) embodies the best of design ingenuity and innovation, profiling one of the world’s great collections. The Museum is a highly successful interdisciplinary institution that sits at the intersection of the arts, design, science and technology and plays a critical role in supporting the brand and vision of the city.
The MAAS Project is the relocation of the Powerhouse Museum and part of a wider government project for the creation of a new arts and cultural precinct in western Sydney. It represents a once in a generation opportunity to develop a twenty first century museum that responds to growth and the changing shape of Sydney, and to contemporary methods of content delivery, learning and collaboration.
The Opportunity
An opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Team Leader Conservation (Conservator Grade 1) to assist in the leadership of a project team working on the preparation of the collection currently stored at Ultimo for digitisation and relocation to the Museums Discovery Centre.
Reporting to the Team Leader Conservation, in this role you will:
- Carry out assessment of object condition, make recommendations regarding object treatment, packing and movement.
- In partnership with the Deputy Team Leader Registration, provide support to Team Leaders, assist the Assessment teams and ‘troubleshoot’ object issues as they arise during the Assessment phase.
- Provide day-to-day supervision to the Assistant Conservators.
The successful candidate
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Demonstrated and extensive experience in assessing conservation and preservation needs of multi-disciplinary heritage collections
- Tertiary qualification, specialist training and experience in the conservation of cultural materials from multi-disciplinary heritage collections, or equivalent, plus a minimum of 2 years conservation experience in their one or more subject specialisation areas.
- Knowledge of national and international frameworks, ethics and issues relevant to heritage collections
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare high quality documentation and reports, and collaborate with team members and key stakeholders on complex projects in a multidisciplinary organisation.
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