Position: Conservator F

Pay Rate: £31,649 (This will be paid at a hourly rate)

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week

Start Date: As soon as possible

Location: Belfast

Length of Contract: Until March with possible extension

Benefits working with NICS:

• On the job training provided
• Long term opportunity
• Gain valuable skills and progress your career
• Diverse and inclusive employer with active social mobility policies

Hours of Work: 9 to 5 Monday to Friday

Job Duties:

– Interventive Conservator for project support.
– Research, document and complete interventive treatment on archival collections at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland under the supervision of the conservation manager.
– To support work carried out by a conservation manager to scope photographic/film collections and support engagement activities around USA250 celebrations.
– Support the digitisation team with the imaging of collections.

Essential Criteria:

– MA in a practical conservation course or equivalent workplace training.
– Experience of evaluating conservation damage and risks. Successful completion of treatments and documentation according to ICON Professional Standards or ICRI Code of Conduct on paper-based collections, books or film.
– Understanding of preventive conservation and passive measures to lower the rate of deterioration

Desirable Criteria:

– Experience of working with large archive collections.

If interested, please send across your CV

RecCoBelfast