Head of Conservation & Collections Care, Science Museum Group

As Head of Conservation and Collections Care, you will lead conservation, collections care and the management of hazards in collections across our five museums and collections management facility. You will set and maintain the standards that keep the collection safe, while making sure it can be displayed, loaned, moved, researched and enjoyed. You will be a key voice on major projects, working with Masterplan, Exhibitions, Estates, Logistics and Registration colleagues to make sure collections care is built into how we plan and deliver.

Our collection includes an unusually wide range of hazardous materials, including radioactive objects, controlled drugs and asbestos. You will provide organisational leadership for compliance in this area, act as SMG’s lead contact with regulators, and direct Empowering Safety, our conservation science research programme into hazardous materials. Our goal is to turn this challenge into an opportunity and establish SMG as a leader in the sector. You will also lead the team responsible for collections emergency planning and salvage, act as Silver command for the Science and Innovation Park, and help build collections risk - including climate resilience - into our business continuity planning.

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Deadline: 2nd November