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Assistant Curator
The Lapworth Museum is one of the premier geological museums in the UK and contains the largest geological collection in the Midlands. The Museum has recently undergone a major Redevelopment Project which culminated in the Lapworth being an Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017 Finalist, and this is an exciting time to join the Museum team.
Summary of Role:-
Assist the Director of the Lapworth Museum of Geology to ensure appropriate curatorial practice is maintained by the Museum in line with museum sector standards.
Provide marketing, social media and public engagement support for the Lapworth and support the use of technologies used within the Lapworth including, but not exclusively, 3D scanning and printing.
Assist the Director and Museum team to ensure the effective day to day management of the Museum, its facilities and its provision for users.
The Lapworth is an integral part of the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) and provides considerable support for teaching and research within the School.
The post holder will assist the Director to ensure that teaching and research links between the Lapworth, GEES and other academic schools, are maintained and developed.
This post is fixed term for 3 years.
Main Duties:-
Collection care
- Assist the Director to ensure appropriate museum standards in the care of geological and other collections at the Museum are in place.
- Assist the Director and other members of the Museum team to ensure the effective day to day management of the Museum.
- Working with volunteers in support of aspects of museum collection care.
- Assist the Director to develop and deliver the long-term programme of both preventative and remedial conservation within the Lapworth Museum of Geology.
- Maintain environmental monitoring systems within the Museum, in line with Museum sector standards.
- Responsibility for ensuring a programme of pest-monitoring within the Lapworth, in line with museum sector standards.
- Responsible for the issuing of loans of specimens to outside bodies and individuals (both nationally and internationally) including academics, research students, other museums, and institutions.
- Responsible for the development (with University IT services) of the Lapworth Museum's database and collection management software system.
Marketing
- Assist the LCDO to develop the Lapworth Museum's social media activity (in line with University of Birmingham approved procedures and policies) to promote the Museum and engage its diverse audiences.
- Work with the LCDO and other museum staff to develop Lapworth Museum promotional literature and associated online content.
Events
- Work with the Museum team to deliver public and campus related events and activities.
- Assist the Director with the organisation of the Museum's regular lecture series -The Lapworth Lectures
Technologies
- Work with other members of the Museum Team to enable digitisation of the Museum's collections and archive, and creation of 3D models
- Maintenance and operation of the Lapworth's equipment, such as flatbed scanners (A4 to A0), 3D scanner & printer, and large format printers, in support of teaching and research activity.
Other
- Work with the Director to support and deliver use of the collections and facilities in support of teaching and research.
Person specification:
Qualifications/Training
- A relevant qualification at degree level in a related discipline, or equivalent professional qualification, and/or equivalent experience in Geology.
- A museum studies type qualification and/or appropriate museum sector experience
Experience
- Experience of working with collection database systems.
- Knowledge and experience of Museum and Heritage standards such as Museum Accreditation, Spectrum, Benchmarks in Collection Care, PD 5454 for Archive storage.
- Knowledge of general heritage marketing and publicity.
- Experience of social media activity within heritage type organisation
- Knowledge and experience of the use of technologies such as 3D scanning and 3D printing.
Practical Skills
- Working with heritage/museum objects
- Competence in using IT and Microsoft Office products.
Personal Qualities and Attributes
- Good organisational skills
- Accuracy and good attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise and schedule workloads in the face of conflicting demands
- Excellent communication skills
- Willingness to work evenings, weekends and public holidays as required, on and off-site.
Further details:
Full job description- http://www.download.bham.ac.uk/vacancies/jd/59585.pdf
Assistant Collections & Learning Curator (Natural Sciences)
Do you have a passion for the natural world? Are you looking for a new challenge and chance to develop your skills? Could you help us unlock the hidden stories of our museum collections?
This is an exciting time to join our Museum Service as major developments of our museums are changing the cultural landscape of Colchester and Ipswich. Supported by a grant from the John Ellerman Foundation, the service has created an opportunity for an emerging natural scientist. This funding offers a new role for those interested in developing curatorial skills, working with nationally significant natural science collections and engaging our audiences with stored specimens.
The 3-year funded Assistant role presents a unique opportunity to work with two experienced natural science curators, as part of a wider team of dynamic museum professionals across two towns. Developing skills of the modern curator, this role also involves public engagement, showcasing outcomes of the project through exhibitions, events and digital platforms.
We welcome applicants who can demonstrate a passion for natural sciences and unlocking their stories through creative communication. The role does not require previous heritage employment or museum qualification, but knowledge of, and enthusiasm for the natural world is essential.
Over the three years, the post holder will be based for five month periods, alternating between Colchester and Ipswich.
Short-listed candidates will be invited to an assessment day at a museum in Colchester or Ipswich on Thursday, 16 August.
Collections Management Project Assistant x 2
We are looking for two enthusiastic and motivated people to deliver a collections management project focused on the museum collections cared for and managed by the South West Heritage Trust. The role will involve carrying out a location audit of the stored museum collections following an existing plan and methodology.
You will need a passion for material culture, an ability to work flexibly in a team to deliver a project and a careful and methodical approach.
The South West Heritage Trust is a charity which delivers a broad range of heritage services across Somerset and Devon that were previously delivered by local authorities. We manage and run three museums (including the Museum of Somerset and Somerset Rural Life Museum), two Archives and Local Studies services and look after the historic environment in Somerset.
We welcome applications from people with a variety of backgrounds. This can include but is not limited to:
People looking for their first paid role in a museum;
People with prior experience of working in the museum sector in a voluntary or paid capacity;
People with experience of working in other sectors in a voluntary or paid capacity;
People without higher education qualifications;
People with first degrees in history, archaeology, natural sciences or a relevant subject;
People with post-graduate museums qualifications.
Applications are particularly welcomed from people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
The best candidate will be selected on merit and their ability to fulfil the needs of the job. Discrimination based on gender, race, age, disability, religious or political beliefs, sexual orientation or for any other reason will form no part of our selection process.
For an informal discussion about the post please contact Bethan Murray (Curator of Social History and Textiles) or Amal Khreisheh (Curator of Archaeology) on 01823 278805.
For more information about the role, the Trust and the application process, please download the Recruitment Information Pack and Job Description, available below.
To apply for the role, please complete the application form and equal opportunities form and return by email to: recruitment@swheritage.org.uk
Collections & Learning Conservator
Do you have a passion for conserving, caring for and improving access to museum collections?
This is an exciting time to join our Museum Service as major developments of our museums are changing the cultural landscape of Colchester and Ipswich.
We are seeking an experienced Conservator with a passion for diverse museum collections and heritage venues. Our nationally significant collections chart both the human and natural histories of Colchester. From Stone Age artefacts to contemporary costume, fossils to spirit specimens, these collections inspire and inform our visitors. You will play an active role with these collections from acquisition and exhibition to rationalisation and digital access.
The role offers an exciting opportunity for those interested in new challenges with a creative approach, organising diverse collections, developing collection care strategies and engaging new audiences with stored collections. In this role, you will be responsible for all aspects of collections care at our four venues: Colchester Castle, the Natural History Museum, Hollytree’s Museum and our Resource Centre.
Required Skills:
We welcome applicants who can demonstrate their experience and passion for the care of collections and recognise the importance of museum collections to local communities. With an eye for detail and precision you’ll be confident in managing a complex workload across multiple sites. An excellent team player and communicator, you’ll enjoy working with, and supporting, dynamic colleagues in our busy and aspirational museum service. Above all you’ll understand the challenges of conserving broad collections and safeguarding their preservation for future audiences.
Application Instructions:
To download an application form and further information for this vacancy, and to find out more about working for Colchester Borough Council, please visit our website - http://www.colchester.gov.uk/jobs Please remember to include the job title and reference number on your application form.
Digital Technologies Officer
To manage a project for the digitisation of the Lapworth Museum's collections including the archive. This will involve recruiting and training volunteers to work on the project, including existing volunteers and those from target groups that the Lapworth is not currently meeting through its volunteering and engagement programmes.
Ensure the digital data developed is made widely accessible, and particularly via Higher Education (HE) research platforms. The post holder will also develop creative and innovative ways of utilising the digital data. This will involve working the Lapworth's current diverse audience, and also potential audiences through working and partnership building with community groups. The public engagement work will include close liaison with the Lapworth Museum's existing Learning & Community Development Officer, and the new Learning, Engagement & Development Officer.
The role is supported by Arts Council England (ACE), which is providing funding to the Lapworth Museum of Geology which is now one of ACE's National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs).
PERSON SPECIFICATION:-
Qualifications/Training
- Educated to degree level in an appropriate discipline (geology-sciences-arts-IT) or with similar professional qualifications. Have strong IT knowledge-training relating to digitisation technologies and processes.
Experience
- Significant and demonstrable experience gained in digitisation technologies, data processing-manipulation and data management.
- Experience of utilising digital files for public engagement.
- Experience of developing and delivering digital programmes, policies and action plans with a learning/museum/heritage/arts environment.
- Significant and demonstrable experience gained in social media and web based platforms.
- Experience of planning and delivering training for staff and volunteers.
- Project Management - including development of work programmes, managing budgets and monitoring progress.
- Experience of engaging and managing people from a diverse range of backgrounds (cultural, socioeconomic, demographic).
- Involvement in networks and evidence of working with stakeholder and user groups, including local communities.
Practical Skills:
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of groups and organisations.
- The ability to organise and manage time and can prioritise time when faced with conflicting demands.
- Considerable competence in using a broad range of relevant hardware and software for generating and processing digital data.
Personal Qualities and Attributes:
- The ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Interest in Geology/Science, Heritage/Arts.
- Understanding of issues relating to equality and diversity.
- Self-motivated and able to work un-supervised.
Full time starting salary is normally in the range £29,799 to £38,832. With potential progression once in post to £41,212 a year.
Learning & Engagement Officer
To develop, deliver and promote an engaging, inspiring and creative secondary school offer for the Lapworth Museum of Geology, which benefits from the outstanding collections and resources within the Museum. In addition, the post holder will work with the Museum team to further develop our existing outreach and public engagement programmes, particularly working with audiences that we are not currently reaching.
The role requires using new, creative and innovative approaches to engaging through STEAM subjects to devise a secondary school and outreach programme to inspire a larger and more diverse audience. The role will support the Lapworth Museum in its aspiration to develop as a centre of excellence for learning, and will engage our visitors and communities with collections and associated cutting edge research.
Working with the Lapworth Museum team, and target audiences, the role will include development of creative and innovative temporary exhibitions.
The role is supported by Arts Council England, which is providing funding to the Lapworth Museum of Geology as one of its National Portfolio Organisations (NPO).
PERSON SPECIFICATION:-
Qualifications/Training:
- A qualification at degree level in a science or science-related discipline.
- Ideally with experience of teaching within a school or museums/heritage environment.
- A museum studies qualification would be desirable.
Experience:
- Preparation, planning and delivery of formal and informal learning programmes.
- Significant and demonstrable experience of engaging public/communities with natural science topics.
- Experience of museum/learning environments and/or using science/arts within learning programmes.
- Experience of developing and delivering; programmes, policies and action plans for learning and community engagement.
- Experience of planning and delivering training programmes, and developing learning resources and interpretation material.
- Experience of undertaking community consultation and engagement activities.
- Experience of training staff and volunteers.
- Involvement in networks and evidence of working with stakeholder and user groups, including local communities.
- Working knowledge of marketing and promotion techniques.
- Knowledge of current good practice and policy within the education/museums/learning sectors.
- Awareness of issues relating to access, social inclusion, cultural diversity and disability.
- Understanding of the Health and Safety issues and risk assessment procedures associated with working with young people, volunteers and the local community.
Practical Skills:
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of groups and organisations.
- The ability to organise and manage time and can prioritise time when faced with conflicting demands.
- Competence in using IT and Microsoft Office products.
Personal Qualities and Attributes:
- The ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Interest in Geology/Science, Science and Arts interactions.
- Self-motivated and able to work un-supervised.
- Willingness to work evenings, weekends and public holidays as required, on and off-site.
Full time starting salary is normally in the range £26,495 to £28,936. With potential progression once in post to £32,548 a year.
Digitiser
Become part of an expanding team at the cutting edge of citizen science, informatics and biodiversity research. The Natural History Museum is recruiting a Digitiser to support the digitisation of specimens as part of the Digital Collection Programme.
The post holder will be responsible for specimen digitisation in order to support the project. Digitisation responsibilities will involve the capture of digital images of specimens and associated labels. It will also include data manipulation and enhancement, such as georeferencing and providing general species information for the project.
The project may include opportunities for travel to meetings, workshops, conferences and presentations.
Curator, Ores
The Natural History Museum’s Ores Collection includes samples from many of the world's most significant ore bodies and is a scientifically, historically, and culturally important part of the Department of Earth Science collections. The collection supports and is being developed through many of the Earth Science Department's current income generating projects in the mining sector as well as being used extensively for teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
For this rare opportunity, we are seeking a suitably qualified, curation-experienced and self-motivated candidate to undertake the curation, management and championing of this important collection. They will work closely with the curatorial and research staff in the Economic and Environmental Earth Sciences Division and report to the divisional Senior Curator in Charge and Head of Collections, Earth Sciences.
Exhibition and Interpretation Manager
This is an exciting opportunity to help develop the internationally renowned exhibitions and galleries programme at The Natural History Museum, London. Alongside events, publications and the web, you and the team will help develop new approaches to interpreting natural history, challenging our visitor’s perception of the natural world through innovative and exhilarating ways.
The Exhibition and Interpretation Manager is responsible for the successful development and delivery of a range of high profile exhibitions and permanent new spaces that appeal to target audiences and that inspire visitors with our collections and with science.
Working with colleagues from Public Engagement and Science Directorates, the Exhibition and Interpretation Manager will manage the development of content and interpretation for exhibitions and galleries, setting target audiences, creating interpretation strategies, managing content, all through a creative lens.
The postholder will manage a team of interpretation developers to work collaboratively as part of a project team with curators, scientists, project managers, learning teams, internal and external design teams in order to ensure that content and interpretation meet audiences’ needs and challenge their understanding of the natural world.
The Exhibition and Interpretation Manager is responsible for ensuring that the interpretive approaches in the Museum’s galleries and exhibitions are appealing, engaging, accessible and interesting for its intended target audiences.
The role will keep up to date with the latest developments in the sector and work to ensure best practice in interpretation development.
This role will also be responsible for managing the editorial services & processes within public engagement so that outputs across exhibitions, publications, and public-facing channels share a consistent tone of voice and quality.
This role will report to the Head of Exhibitions and Interpretation.
Project Curator
Kew is the world's leading botanic gardens, at the forefront of plant and fungal science, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major visitor attraction.
We want a world where plants and fungi are understood, valued and conserved - because our lives depend on them.
We use the power of our science and the rich diversity of our gardens and collections to provide knowledge, inspiration and understanding of why plants and fungi matter to everyone.
This is an excellent opportunity to join the dynamic Identification & Naming Department at Kew.
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated individual to help to curate to a high standard our globally important botanical collections, enabling Kew to deliver on its ambitious Science Strategy and facilitating access for our many visitors to the collections from around the world.
This role will specifically address specimens that are yet to be incorporated, and as such, the successful candidate will liaise with the Senior Project Curator as well as staff from all teams in the Herbarium.
The successful candidate for this full-time post will have a botanical background with experience of working with Herbarium / natural history collections. They will have excellent personable skills both working in a team and independently.
The salary will be £21,001 per annum.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a generous annual leave entitlement for new starters, family friendly policies, a choice of competitive pensions and flexible benefits scheme.