Dear Colleagues,

There are opportunities for two Conservation Officers in Surrey, UK: please
do  not  hesitate to email me for further details. Closing date for recepit
of  applications  is  15th  May, 2001, and interviews will be held 22nd May
2001.

Conservation Job Specification

Two  posts are required. One post will be for six months, (f/t Surrey grade
D). The second post is for three months for a fee conservator.
Candidates  should  be  specialists  in  one  of  the  following: textiles,
archives or metals/wood.

Both post holders will be required to undertake:


·    Remedial conservation.
·    Training and supervision of student and pre-training interns (three).
·    Advice and information provision to museums in Surrey through
outreach, visits, meetings and training provision.
·    Formulation and some implementation of collections and
preservation management plans (to include both storage and display).
·    Formulation and some implementation of environment and pest monitoring
and control programmes.
·    Planning and implementation of preventative conservation plans.
·    Provision of advice and training on disaster prevention and
contingency planning.

The  postholders  are  required  to  enable  museums to use and develop the
preservation  management  and  action  plans  created  by this conservation
project  and  create  others  as  necessary.  Working with small museums on
practical solutions will be an important part of the job.

Materials  and  travel  costs  will be funded by the project and individual
museums. Conservators and interns may be able to carry out some work within
some  museums  but  it  is  expected that some remedial work may need to be
carried out in a post-holder's workshop.

It is required that the candidates bring to the interview a portfolio of
recent work to include items such as photographs of treatments,
documentation, relevant reports, management plans, CPD records, relevant
certificates and other work records.


Best wishes to all,

Pat Reynolds
Surrey Museums Development Officer
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