Australia’s largest public museum organisation is seeking a part-time, fixed-term textiles conservator. The successful applicant will begin in December 2017 and finish in February 2018.
ABOUT MUSEUMS VICTORIA:
Museums Victoria cares for the State scientific and cultural collections, providing visitor access, activities and events at five distinct venues: Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum, Scienceworks, IMAX Cinema and world heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building. To learn more about Museums Victoria, please visit museumvictoria.com.au/about/
ABOUT THE POSITION
The primary responsibility of the conservator will be to assist with the delivery of a fashion exhibition opening at Melbourne Museum in March 2018.
Notable skills and experiences
The successful applicant will be expected to:
- Initiate, develop, manage and participate in conservation and preservation-focused programs, projects and research related to the Museum’s textile collections.
- Contribute to conservation strategies, practices and work standards related to the Museum’s textile collections.
- Participate in exhibition production processes.
- Communicate and demonstrate conservation-specific information, concepts and practices for staff and other stakeholders involved with textile collections.
- Contribute to the management and maintenance of facilities, equipment, resources, budgets and work planning within the conservation team.
- Comply with Museums Victoria’s policies and procedures and with relevant legislation and regulations
The successful applicant will have:
- An appropriate tertiary qualification in materials conservation for heritage collections.
- Demonstrated knowledge, skills and experience in remedial conservation of textile items from multi-disciplinary collections.
- Demonstrated knowledge, skills and experience in developing and implementing preventive conservation programs and projects related to multi-disciplinary collections.
- Demonstrated experience related to the management of loans and exhibition production.
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in project management.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a highly effective manner in teams and under limited supervision.
- Well-developed ability to liaise with, train and supervise colleagues, students and volunteers.
- Highly developed verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
- The successful applicant is required to undergo a National Police Records Check and be assessed as suitable for the role (new employees will need to meet this cost).
HOW TO APPLY?
To view the position description, visit museumvictoria.com.au/employment/; for more information about this position, please contact Elizabeth McCartney, Senior Conservator, Collection Development and Access on (03) 8341-7188.
To apply, please send your Covering Letter, Resume, a statement addressing each of the Key Selection Criteria by visiting http://museumvictoria.com.au/employment/
