Collections Officer

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Job Type: Full Time fixed-term
Job title: Collections Officer
Contract type: Full time (35 hours per week), 3 month fixed term contract. Possibility for extension or permanent appointment.
Location: London
Salary: Grade 4. Up to £30,142 pro rata. Please note, for internal applicants the salary will be reflected by pay and award policy
Working arrangements: 35 hours per week between 8am and 6pm. Hybrid working - you will be required to work in the office a minimum of 6 days per month.
An exciting opportunity to help care for and conserve an internationally significant collection of artworks and objects, and to share them with the public to educate and inspire.
The Royal College of Physicians holds one of the UK’s most complete collections of medical artefacts, as well as over 5,000 paintings, drawings, miniatures, and sculptures. In London, our permanent displays and temporary exhibitions attract over 32,000 visitors a year, with a further 400,000 visits to items on loan to museums and galleries around the world.
As a fixed-term Collections Officer, you’ll use your professionalism, creativity, and commitment to provide collections management services and specialist support to the museum.
You’ll ensure the on-going care of the collections and maintain up-to-date and accurate records to support their use in a wide range of activities for the benefit of our members and the public.
You’ll report to and work closely with the Senior Curator and hold a key role in a busy and experienced team of 9 heritage professionals.
Responsibilities
Collections management of the RCP museum collections, including documentation, storage, display, and loans
Preventive conservation, including emergency planning and environmental monitoring, and liaising with external conservators
Delivering tours and responding to enquiries
Working with the rest of the museum team to deliver our active programme of loans, events and exhibitions
Experience
Experience of working in a busy collections role, including object handling, movement and location, storage, display and transport to accepted professional standards
Knowledge of cataloguing and documentation in line with Spectrum standards
Experience of preventive conservation
Experience advocating for collections care
Excellent team-working skills, able to work independently and proactively
Ability to effectively prioritise work and to work to deadlines
Ability to deliver high quality Customer Service
Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Accurate with good attention to detail
Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion values
group personal pension plan with 7% employer contributioninterest-free season ticket loanhybrid working (a minimum of 6 days per month in the office)Health and wellbeingemployee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support for any work-related issues as well as any problems affecting your home lifeoccupational health team – includes employment and work-related health assessments, health checks and workstation assessmentscycle to work schemecorporate eye care scheme with Optical Express.Plusprofessional training and development opportunitiesstaff discounts platform – including discounts on cinema tickets and a range of high street brands summer and Christmas staff days.
About the RCP
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a patient-centred and clinically led membership organisation for physicians, with 40,000 members worldwide. The RCP works to ensure that physicians are trained to provide high-quality care and promotes evidence-based policies to government to encourage healthy lifestyles and reduce illness. By working in partnership with other health organisations, we present a powerful and unified voice to improve health and healthcare.
How to applyPlease submit your CV and cover letter outlining how you meet the job description. Please note that applications submitted without a cover letter will not be shortlisted. If you have any queries about the application process or the role, please email ##### . Interview date: TBCEarly applications are advised as the vacancy may close before the deadline if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.The RCP positively encourages applications for suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.The RCP is all about our people - our members, our staff, our volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. that's why welcoming and having people who represent the 21st century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is so important to us.
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