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Join the prestigious V&A as an Apprentice and immerse yourself in the world of art and design
Overview
Salary £23265
Location Cromwell Road, London
Expires Expires at anytime
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) stands as the preeminent museum of art, design, and performance, with a sweeping collection that spans 5,000 years of human creativity. It's an institution dedicated to advancing design practice, deepening knowledge, and providing enjoyment through its diverse exhibitions and events that highlight a myriad of topics and cultures.
Role Summary:
- Facilitate access to the V&A's vast collection within the National Art Library.
- Perform essential services such as customer service, information organization, and object handling.
- Engage in preservation techniques and digitisation processes.
- Work towards a professional qualification in Library, Information & Archives Services.
Role Requirements:
- Enthusiasm for public service and excellent communication skills.
- Careful handling of books and paper objects.
- Interest in information provision, art, design, and cultural heritage.
Benefits:
- Generous pension scheme and annual leave.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Complimentary tickets to V&A exhibitions.
- Subsidised staff canteen and discounts in V&A shops.
- Transport loans and bike maintenance services.
- Extensive professional development opportunities.
- Supportive employee networks and assistance programs.
The Role As the world’s greatest museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people’s lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world. The V&A holds exhibitions, and events covering and inspired by a diverse range of topics and cultures. Some of the most recent and upcoming include [exhibitions] The V&A Research Institute, National Art Library, and Archives Department, (VARINALA) has vacancies for four Apprentices to join the team in the National Art Library, providing access to the V&A’s collection of approximately 1 million printed, manuscript, and electronic resources.
The Apprentices work in the Library stores and on the public service counters, and are an essential part of the service the Department offers to the public. In the post, you will gain skills in customer service, information organisation and retrieval, basic preservation techniques, digitisation and object handling. You will also be working towards gaining the Library, Information & Archives Services Assistant L3 Standard 2024 – 2026 in partnership with Westminster Adult Education Service.
We are looking for someone with a real enthusiasm for working with the public, with good communication skills and the ability to handle books and paper objects with care. An interest in information provision, art and design and the cultural heritage sector would be beneficial.
The V&A The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.
Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience.
Benefits Generous pension scheme 29 days plus bank holidays Flexible working Tickets to V&A exhibitions Subsidised staff canteen 25% discount in V&A shops Give as you earn scheme Bicycle loan Interest-free season ticket Interest-free rental deposit loan Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike Wide range of training and professional development opportunities Employee Assistance Programme Staff diversity networks
