By Dini Rengganing Suci

West of England’s regional curatorial department has a new Assistant Curator position available. While working as an Assistant Curator, you’ll be handling artifacts from English Heritage sites in the area such as architectural stonework and archeological discoveries. In this position, you’ll be working with a small group at the Temple Cloud Collections Store in Bristol. Our collection is constituted mostly of architectural masonry, archaeology and old interiors. When you join our team, you’ll be helping the curators and collections manager with anything from collection documentation to collection research. You’ll also help with the upkeep and redistribution of exhibits at our locations. As an inclusive workplace, we’re always on the lookout for employees who can contribute to making our company more representative of the people, places, and cultures we serve. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been searching for fresh and innovative methods to promote English history and culture in a way that is welcoming to everybody.

Our team’s diversity is essential to ensuring that our shared history is inclusive, vibrant, and accessible from distant locations to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office. Your job here will be unlike any other, and you’ll be encouraged to express your ideas, motivate your colleagues, and make a difference by going behind the scenes of these remarkable places. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work in a stimulating environment while contributing to the overall quality of our website. Our 400+ historic monuments, buildings and sites, which tell the story of England to more than 10 million visitors each year, will also be yours to join. A generous pension, 25 paid vacation days, and free admission to English Heritage properties for you, another adult, and up to six children are just some of the perks we give our employees (under the age of 19).

Where You’ll Be Employed

Working at Temple Cloud Collections Store, you’ll be expected to travel to other areas in the West territory, such as Bristol.

In Working With Us, You Can Expect To

In the West Territory, you’ll assist the Collections Curators and Collections Manager with all elements of collection documentation, research, and development. You’ll also be involved in re-presentation projects as a volunteer.

Your Duties As a Member Of The Team

1. Volunteers and outside researchers that need to use the collections will be under your supervision.
2. As part of Temple Cloud’s reorganization efforts, you will help keep correct records of objects moved from one location to another, update database entries, and complete discrete rationalization initiatives. You will also provide summary collections statements. You’ll be responsible for repackaging artifacts and getting them ready for display. You’ll be responsible for documenting and auditing the exhibits at various locations around the region.
3. As the organization’s representative at properties or with external researchers in the stores, you’ll engage with and manage stakeholders.
4. The public and researchers will turn to you for information and counsel, which you will supply, as well as advice to those both inside and outside the organization.
5. It is intended that you will become an expert in a certain aspect of the collections and interiors, and that you will conduct study in that area.
6. The ability to generate new ideas and contribute to the development of engaging and innovative visitor experiences will be an important part of your work.
7. Involvement, accessibility, and outreach: You’ll give presentations, provide tours, and participate in community activities all over the place. The Learning Team will benefit from your contributions.
8. You’ll be responsible for creating and distributing social media and online content, as well as providing support for the site’s staff and volunteers. As needed, you’ll assist with Inheritance Tax casework.
9. You will be responsible for maintaining your own health and safety and reporting any concerns to the appropriate member of staff in a timely way.
10. Financial management: You shall adhere to financial protocols when handling any allocated budgets. You’re going to make sure that all of your expenses are filed on time.

Any adjustments or additional duties that may be required for the position may need a revision of a job description. When it comes to ensuring equal opportunity, we’d be pleased to discuss reasonable accommodations with you if you have a disability.

Who We Are Trying To Locate

• Archaeological archives and museum collections management experience is required.
• The completion of an undergraduate degree in Archaeology or History is required.
• The ability to apply collection management techniques.
• History and archaeology of the United Kingdom.
• Knowledge of concerns connected to collection care and presentation.
• This person has a great attention to detail.
• Accurate with numbers and able to express thoughts in a succinct and clear manner.
• Excellent communicator and influencer with a track record of establishing and maintaining productive working connections with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds.
• Effective at prioritizing and managing numerous projects at the same time.
• Confident in one’s abilities but also mindful of one’s weaknesses.
• The ability to appreciate the wide range of people and cultures that make up modern-day England
• When working with artifacts or machinery, it is second nature to observe safety procedures.

Salary: From £23,875 depending on skills and experience / 36 Hours / Permanent

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