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Conservator - Paintings

Job No: MUA37

Location: Darwin

Employment Status: Full-time

No. of Vacancies: 1

Closing Date: 16 Mar 2025 ACST

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We are seeking a skilled Paintings Conservator to deliver on a conservation program for the MAGNT History, Culture and Art Collection. This includes undertaking conservation care, documentation, treatments, mounting and display of works. The conservation program is carried out in accordance with legislative obligations, institutional objectives and in line with national museum standards and the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials Code of Ethics and Code of Practice.

This role will provide specialist advice and expertise in all issues of paintings conservation outlining high-level principles and deliver the day-to-day preventative conservation tasks to optimise care and protection of the Collection on display and in storage.

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Address* the selection criteria in the questions below (these answers must be complete for your application to be considered. Simple yes and no responses will not be scored and will forfeit your application), and
Provide three referee contacts. Referees will not be contacted without prior consent.

*Addressing the selection criteria requires you to demonstrate how your previous experience, skills, education, and training have equipped you to meet the requirements of the position for which you are applying.

Applications close 11:59pm ACST Sunday, 16 March 2025.

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Selection Criteria 1: Tertiary qualifications in Paintings Conservation or professional membership of AICCM and an extensive knowledge and understanding of the physical and chemical construction of objects/artworks: chemistry, art history, artists' methods and materials and techniques used.*

Selection Criteria 2: Competence gained in the conservation of cultural materials from multi-disciplinary heritage collections working a minimum of 3 years as a paintings conservator in a museum or art gallery environment in the application of conservation practices and professional museum standards.*

Selection Criteria 3: High level knowledge of both national and international current conservation principles, ethics and practices as identified in the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials Code of Ethics and its international counterparts, relevant to museum and art gallery collections and displays.*

Selection Criteria 4: Ability to provide advice and expertise in regards to paintings conservation and including museum climatology, disaster planning and recovery, collection management, environmental monitoring, integrated pest management, collection handling, storage and display.*

Selection Criteria 5: Demonstrated and extensive experience in assessing conservation and preservation needs of multidisciplinary heritage collections.*

Selection Criteria 6: Proven ability in the use of Collections Management Systems to document processes.*

Selection Criteria 7: Proven ability to work efficiently and harmoniously in a multi-disciplinary team with a range of professional, technical and administrative staff to achieve agreed objectives and performance criteria and provide support and collaborate with team members and key stakeholders on complex projects.*

Selection Criteria 8: Strong organisational skills to self-manage workload across concurrent projects, prioritising and completing tasks within scheduled timeframes.*

Selection Criteria 9: Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills at institutional, government and community levels, including a demonstrated ability to prepare high quality documentation and reports, and respond to internal and external enquiries.*

Selection Criteria 10: Understanding and knowledge of WHS standards and their implementation in relation to safe practices for the movement, location and storage of collections, lifting and carrying objects, climbing ladders and use of tools.*

Desirable Criteria 1: Experience with EMu collection management software

Desirable Criteria 2: Membership of the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM)

Desirable Criteria 3: Experience working with culturally sensitive material

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Conservator - Paintings

Job No: MUA37 Location: Darwin Employment Status: Full-time No. of Vacancies: 1 Closing Date: 16 Mar 2025 ACST

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Job No: MUA37

Location: Darwin

Employment Status: Full-time

No. of Vacancies: 1

Closing Date: 16 Mar 2025 ACST