Conservation Exhibitions and loans manager

Job description

Location: St Pancras

Hours: Permanent - Full time

Grade: B

Salary: £33,600

The British Library is looking for a Conservation Loans and Exhibitions Manager to join the conservation team.

The jobholder will be responsible for condition checks on BL collection items and advise on treatments to collection items for safe display. The role requires project organisational skills for managing the yearly conservation programme for preparing items for loans and exhibitions.

The successful candidate will advise on mounting and display requirements and act as courier for complex outward loans and BL touring exhibitions to UK and International venues as well as BL exhibitions. The Conservation loans and exhibition manager will also manage a small team of conservators. The jobholder will have a degree in conservation studies; demonstrate management skills, attention to detail and the ability to communicate effectively.

As one of the world's great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation's intellectual memory for the future and make it available to all for research, inspiration and enjoyment. At present, we have well over 170 million items, in most known languages, with three million new items added every year. We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We make our collections and programmes available to all. We operate the world's largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world. What matters to us is that we preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future by anyone, anywhere.

In return, we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits. Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes a minimum of 26.6% (this may be higher dependant on grade. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays.

For more information please read the job description.

Closing date: 5 May 2024

Interview date: 22 & 23 May 2024

We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role, as it does not meet the eligibility criteria required for this immigration route