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Join the prestigious V&A Museum and play a pivotal role in the historic move of the Young V&A collection
Overview
Salary £33764
Location Cromwell Road, London
Expires Expires at anytime
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is an iconic institution, celebrated as the world's leading museum of art, design, and performance. With a vast array of over 2.8 million objects that encompass a staggering 5,000 years of human creativity, the V&A offers unparalleled resources in various artistic and historical disciplines. It's a place that champions diversity, encourages learning, and fosters creativity, making it an inspiring workplace for professionals passionate about the arts and culture.
- Coordinate with Curators and the Project Team in the Young V&A Collections Review
- Lead the reconciliation process, including transport logistics and resolution of material previously on loan
- Ensure full accountability and accessibility of the YV&A collections
- Proven experience in collection management or a related field
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Ability to handle logistical challenges and manage complex projects
- Submit your application before the deadline on November 3, 2024
- Interviews are scheduled for the week commencing November 11, 2024
- Early applications are advisable due to the possibility of early closing in case of high application volume
The Role We are recruiting several fixed-term roles to form part of a multi-disciplinary project team to document and move approximately 120,000 Young V&A collection items currently located across the V&A estate to V&A East Storehouse. We are looking for an enthusiastic Collection Registrar to join this exciting project. Working in close collaboration with Curators and the wider Project Team, the Collection Registrar will play an important role in the Young V&A Collections Review, leading in aspects of the reconciliation process, including transport logistics, resolution of material previously lent, and review of accessioned items, to enable full accountability and accessibility of the YV&A collections, physically and digitally.
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.
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
Closing date for applications is 3rd November 2024, with interviews expected to be in the w/c 11 November 2024. We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early.
