Job Opportunity - Senior Conservation Manager, Treatment (The National Archives, UK)

Salary: £36,515 per annum 

Contract: Maternity cover for 6 months 

The National Archives is a respected leader in developing innovative programs to deliver an effective collection care programme. Outstanding conservation projects have underlined the department's capability to carry out conservation treatment at the highest level in accordance with current best practice. We are constantly growing our expertise and raising our profile. The Senior Conservation Manager – Treatment is expected to lead on various aspects of this programme, in particular driving the treatment agenda of high-profile objects. 

We are looking for maternity cover for 6 months with potential extension. As Senior Conservation Manager – Treatment you will play a significant role in developing and managing a team of conservation professionals to deliver projects as well as on-going programmes of single object treatments. As the lead, you will build effective working relationships with colleagues within the Collection Care Department and experts across the conservation sector to constantly drive and improve our conservation methodology for single objects. 

You will lead the development and adaptation of treatment methods to increase the conservators' repertoire, facilitate knowledge transfer, support skills development and you will work closely with the Senior Management Team including Conservation for Digitisation, Engagement, Heritage Science and Preservation to ensure that our findings have wider impact on the sector and take new technological developments into account. 

An excellent communicator and aiming to forge Collection Care's professional network, you will lead the whole of Collection Care to disseminate the outcomes of our work with the widest possible public and professional audience.