Textile Conservation Adviser £46,711 pa Permanent f/t (37.5 hrs pw) Swindon Ref: IRC68390
Summary You are an accredited textile conservator with a passion for, and a wide-ranging knowledge of, historic textiles - from upholstery and state beds, tapestries and wall hangings, to costume, embroideries and white work - blending traditional practice with current innovation and conservation science. You have significant experience of training and skills development, and an understanding of the roles which textiles and costume play in bringing historic house interiors to life. Confident and charismatic, you enjoy sharing your knowledge and insight with a variety of audiences, both internally through training programmes and workshops, and externally through lectures and publications. You are organised and confident in prioritising conservation work and, with an established network of contacts, you'll have access to the best practice in Europe to help you advise our historic houses on how to look after their textile furnishings and collections. * This role can be based at any of our regional hubs across the UK and will include substantial travel to our properties. * What it's like to work here Our National Consultancy includes specialists in many fields, who represent a great repository of skills, talent and expertise, sharing resources across disciplines and boundaries, enabling us to collaborate on complex conservation projects and ensure a holistic approach to the care of our collections. The diversity and quality of expertise within the Consultancy enables our properties to benefit from an extraordinary range of creative and innovative thinking, which together support our twin purposes of caring for the nation's heritage, and making it accessible to all. Our vision is to give our visitors experiences which are emotionally rewarding, intellectually stimulating and inspire them to support our cause, through creative programming and the dynamic display of our collections to the highest standards of conservation, presentation and interpretation. What you'll be doing You will join the team of National Specialists in Collections, and be the Trust's expert on the care and conservation of our textile collections. You will work closely with our National Specialist furniture curator, freelance furniture conservation advisers, Textile Conservation Studio manager, and with staff and freelance textile conservators. You will maintain and update conservation surveys; prioritise in situ and studio conservation work; and develop the knowledge of property staff and consultants by providing conservation advice and training. Remedial conservation is undertaken by the Textile Conservation Studio and by freelance conservators, working in situ in properties and in their own studios: you will specify treatments, identify the need for additional services or expertise, advise on budgets and competitive tenders, and recommend approved practitioners, as required. We want you to share your expertise and learning with our enthusiastic house teams and regional consultants, deepen our understanding of technical aspects of our collections, support exhibitions, research new techniques and technologies, and publish and present this work to national and international audiences, in order to make our work and our collections more accessible to our visitors, and to conservation and curatorial scholars. Who we're looking for This is a hugely important role within the Trust. In order to be successful you'll need: *Expertise in the conservation of a wide range of furnishing textiles, including their care, reproduction, use, display and interpretation; and knowledge of the care, conservation, replication, mounting and display of costume collections. *Knowledge of relevant conservation and documentation standards and their practise *Experience of working within an institution, or with equivalent organisational skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally with diverse colleagues *Experienced in engagement activities, and using digital and social media *Enthusiastic about interpretation and engagement, with great communication skills *To be comfortable speaking to internal and external audiences about our great work *Enjoy travelling, with a full driving licence and access to a vehicle for carrying technical *Equipment, on frequent visits to properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We'd expect you to have a relevant degree and post-graduate qualification in textile conservation or equivalent, to be a professionally accredited textile conservator with a significant understanding of costume conservation, and to demonstrate that you have significant experience, working at the expert level in a textile conservation studio and/or within museums and historic houses. The package Looking after you * Health cash plan - from as little as £3.09 per month for you and your dependents * Pension contribution match up to 10% * EAP and proactive Health and Wellbeing * Discounted gym membership Looking after your career * Grow your career through professional training courses across the Trust * Develop your skills with an internal secondment * Pay review linked to values and behaviours, commitment to progression * Income protection due to illness Unique to Us * Work in some of the most beautiful, iconic and unique locations in the UK * Free entry to NT properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18) * 20% off in our Retail and Food & Beverage outlets * Discount up to 35% off a National Trust holiday cottage booking Closing Date: 05 August 2018 Interview Date: 20 August 2018 - Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury For more information and to apply, please follow: https://careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/#/vacancy-detail/68390 Sofi Carter Client Coordinator ThirtyThree Office: +44 117 924 3344 Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Bristol BS3 1TF ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
