The National Museum of Ireland is seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Objects/Preventive Conservator (Assistant Keeper Grade II) based in the National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park. This is a full-time permanent contract. This position will be filled by open competitive interview.
Conservation is a busy Department engaged in the preservation, investigation and remedial conservation of the collections. The Conservation Department of the National Museum of Ireland is primarily located in Collins Barracks, Dublin with further facilities at some of our other Dublin sites and in the Museum of Country Life, Mayo. Conservation cares for more than 5,000,000 objects in the Museum’s collections across the four curatorial Divisions (Irish Antiquities, Natural History, Irish Folk life and Art and Industrial division).
About you
The post holder is expected to have training and experience in an object conservation discipline relevant to the Irish Folklife collections and significant experience in preventive Conservation and Collection Care. The post holder will be expected to carry out practical remedial conservation on artefacts within their specialist area and preventive conservation across all Folklife collections areas and sites, and to oversee and influence the work of other staff, volunteers, contractors and interns in matters of collection care.
About the Role
The post holder will be a staff member of the Conservation Department and will work closely with conservation colleagues, across museum sites, most staff are based in the museum headquarters, Collins Barracks. The post holder will be based primarily in the Museum of Country Life but will work across all Museum sites as required by the job.
The Folklife Division of the National Museum of Ireland holds collections of some 40,000 objects and is located at the National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park, Co Mayo, with secondary storage facilities in the Collection Resource Centre (CRC), Co. Dublin and at Daingean, Co Offaly. This post is part of the Conservation Department of the National Museum of Ireland and is to provide conservation support for the collections of the Folklife Division in these locations. The post holder is expected to have training and experience in an object conservation discipline relevant to the Irish Folklife collections and significant experience in preventive Conservation and Collection Care. The post holder will be expected to carry out practical remedial conservation on artefacts within their specialist area and preventive conservation across all Folklife collections areas and sites, and to oversee and influence the work of other staff, volunteers, contractors and interns in matters of collection care.
How to Apply
Applications are submitted on the vacancies section of the National Museum of Ireland website: http://www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/Careers/Vacancies.
Please follow the link below http://www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/Careers/Vacancies/Objects-Preventive-Conservator-(1)/9a4721af-2d91-46e6-b147-1c2bd874533e.