Job Vacancy
Conservator
The Palestinian Museum - Welfare Association (Taawon)
Salary: Competitive
Employment terms: Full-time
Line Manager: Conservation Manager
Travel & destinations: Palestine and the United Kingdom
Starting Date: 1 June 2020
Contract: 9 Months
Background
The Palestinian Museum is looking for a motivated and committed individual with a basic knowledge of both the theoretical and practical aspects of the conservation profession, with a high level of manual dexterity and good attention to detail. The Conservator will conserve/preserve items from the Palestinian Museum collections in order to improve the longevity and accessibility of these items guided by professional conservation frameworks and the principle of minimal intervention. S/he will be able to work with limited supervision on routine conservation and preservation tasks but may require guidance from senior colleagues on higher-level more specialised work.
Responsibilities
To undertake the practical conservation of a wide range of selected items from the Museum’s collections using appropriate practices and under limited supervision.
To develop treatment options for items requiring conservation within the guiding principle of minimal intervention and adhering to professional conservation frameworks.
To provide conservation and preservation support for digitisation projects.
To take ownership of and ensure compliance with relevant security requirements, policy and procedures.
To manage work effectively in order to achieve necessary targets.
Main tasks
- Complete, under the Conservation Manager supervision, standard conservation treatments on paper-based items from endangered archival collections. This will include:
o Assessment of items to determine physical condition.
o Development of treatment options to ensure the improved condition, longevity and accessibility of collection items.
o Conservation consultations of multiple items or collections to assess and report on their condition and to propose strategies for their care and access.
o To make decisions about appropriate procedures to use on each collection item.
- Support digitisation projects, including treating items to enable digitisation.
- Develop a wider range of conservation and preservation skills and knowledge, as necessary, to ensure project objectives are achieved.
- Take responsibility for own continuous professional development. The post holder is expected to keep abreast of current conservation and preservation issues and professional ethical developments.
- Keep written and photographic documentation detailing treatments undertaken on each individual job, time spent, techniques and results of treatments etc.
- Participate in the Conservation training at the British Library in the United Kingdom.
Requirements
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a discipline relevant to the position.
- At least one year in non-profit organisation(s), including knowledge of standard conservation treatments on paper-based items from endangered archival collections.
You can apply for this position online here. Application deadline is Sunday, May 10, 2020. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Conservator
The Palestinian Museum - Welfare Association (Taawon)
Salary: Competitive
Employment terms: Full-time
Line Manager: Conservation Manager
Travel & destinations: Palestine and the United Kingdom
Starting Date: 1 June 2020
Contract: 9 Months
Background
The Palestinian Museum is looking for a motivated and committed individual with a basic knowledge of both the theoretical and practical aspects of the conservation profession, with a high level of manual dexterity and good attention to detail. The Conservator will conserve/preserve items from the Palestinian Museum collections in order to improve the longevity and accessibility of these items guided by professional conservation frameworks and the principle of minimal intervention. S/he will be able to work with limited supervision on routine conservation and preservation tasks but may require guidance from senior colleagues on higher-level more specialised work.
Responsibilities
To undertake the practical conservation of a wide range of selected items from the Museum’s collections using appropriate practices and under limited supervision.
To develop treatment options for items requiring conservation within the guiding principle of minimal intervention and adhering to professional conservation frameworks.
To provide conservation and preservation support for digitisation projects.
To take ownership of and ensure compliance with relevant security requirements, policy and procedures.
To manage work effectively in order to achieve necessary targets.
Main tasks
- Complete, under the Conservation Manager supervision, standard conservation treatments on paper-based items from endangered archival collections. This will include:
o Assessment of items to determine physical condition.
o Development of treatment options to ensure the improved condition, longevity and accessibility of collection items.
o Conservation consultations of multiple items or collections to assess and report on their condition and to propose strategies for their care and access.
o To make decisions about appropriate procedures to use on each collection item.
- Support digitisation projects, including treating items to enable digitisation.
- Develop a wider range of conservation and preservation skills and knowledge, as necessary, to ensure project objectives are achieved.
- Take responsibility for own continuous professional development. The post holder is expected to keep abreast of current conservation and preservation issues and professional ethical developments.
- Keep written and photographic documentation detailing treatments undertaken on each individual job, time spent, techniques and results of treatments etc.
- Participate in the Conservation training at the British Library in the United Kingdom.
Requirements
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a discipline relevant to the position.
- At least one year in non-profit organisation(s), including knowledge of standard conservation treatments on paper-based items from endangered archival collections.
You can apply for this position online here. Application deadline is Sunday, May 10, 2020. Incomplete applications will not be considered.