The Balboa Art Conservation Center (BACC) is seeking an Associate or Senior level Conservator of Objects to join our team in San Diego, CA. This role will help establish the Objects Conservation Service Area as we expand our team and strengthen our programs to fulfill a re-envisioned mission to serve a more diverse audience and make conservation more accessible and relevant to all communities. We are excited to visualize and strategize how the right combination of technical practice and commitment to inclusive conservation can shift the way regional conservation centers engage with communities and cultural heritage.
The role is in-person and the conservator participates in all activities of the regional lab. This individual plays a critical role in providing objects conservation services at BACC and will be primarily responsible for developing treatment proposals with accurate hour and materials estimates, consulting with member organizations and private clients, and carrying out treatments in accordance with conservation best practices. The ideal candidate will have both the capacity to perform the day to day tasks of objects conservation as well as help strategize growth and direction for the Objects Conservation Service Area. The object's conservator should have working and treatment knowledge of a wide range of materials.
Salary/Benefits: $68,000 - 80,000 (DOE)
Benefits Include:
- 15 days of vacation to start; increases to 20 days after one year of employment
- 10 days of paid sick leave
- 11 paid holidays (and a paid winter break)
- Professional Development opportunities and Conservation-related membership support
- Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
- TIAA-CREF retirement program. BACC will match up to 5% of employee's contribution (eligible after one year of employment) Listed salaries are starting salaries. BACC is in the process of reviewing its HR policies as the result of a recent Mellon funded Radical Equity study.
Among the recommendations are an addressing of compensation, benefits, and other policies to support a radically equitable and healthy workplace culture. We seek to fill this position by March 1, 2024, but the date is negotiable.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and position will remain open until filled.
For more information and how to apply, please see here: https://www.bacc.org/objects-conservator.html
إعلانات إيكروم المبوبة هي خدمة للمؤسسات المهنية في دولها الأعضاء. وتتطرق الإعلانات المبوبة الإعلانات إلى الموضوعات والأحداث المتعلقة بالحفظ في جميع أنحاء العالم. وهذه المعلومات متاحة لجمهور إيكروم لأغراض إعلامية فقط. إن نشر العناصر في الإعلانات المبوبة لا يعني موافقة مركز إيكروم.
تحتفظ إيكروم بالحق في الإشراف على المحتوى المنشور في الإعلانات المبوبة ويجوز لها إزالة أو تحرير أي محتوى لأي سبب أو بدون سبب، بما في ذلك، على سبيل المثال لا الحصر، المحتوى الذي يعتبر خارج النطاق أو غير متسق مع الوضع الحكومي الدولي لمنظمة إيكروم.