Full-time (35 hours) and Fixed Term for 9 months (maternity cover)
Start date end of June 2025
Salary £28,707 - £29,961 per annum (pay award pending)
Plus generous benefits package
On-site
About the role
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Conservation Technician to assist with the delivery of our paper conservation programme.
You'll enjoy this role if you like creative problem solving, using your experience with mounting and framing, as well as utilising your excellent communication skills.
Working as part of a dedicated and talented team, your main focus will be to devise and implement systems to ensure that the National Galleries of Scotland collections, and those works on loan to us, are displayed, stored and transported in a safe and appropriate manner.
You'll prepare art works upon acquisition, or for the public, loans and collections care programmes.
Delivering technical paper conservation work, you'll follow standard methodologies as appropriate but also find innovative solutions where necessary.
You will also develop your paper conservation hand skills.
You will be accustomed to monitoring progress against agreed targets and knowledge sharing.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include: Designing and cutting mounts and securing objects within them.Removing objects from, and putting objects into, frames.Making cradles and supports for display case objects.Upgrading primary housing and creating packing systems as necessary.Making new standard frames and liaising with colleagues to organise the manufacture of complex frames.Improving and upgrading internal frame packaging for existing frames. Please apply directly via our careers portal.
Applications via email will not be accepted.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Tuesday, 15 April 2025.
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Traditional Arts / Visual Arts / Cultural Tourism
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