The Tate is looking to recruit three experienced and motivated Painting Conservators to join their Paintings, Frames & Workshop Conservation Team.
Each of the three roles focus on a different programme area – Tate Modern, Tate Britain and Loans/Tate Liverpool. You will focus on Tate’s programme of exhibitions & displays and loans, documenting, preparing and treating paintings within Tate’s Collection. We are seeking collaborators, who can work flexibly and work with us to provide innovative solutions to solve complex challenges for collection artworks and ensure high standards of preservation.
The role is based across the London sites, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, and Tate Stores.
About You
- You will hold a recognised qualification in the Conservation of Easel Paintings.
- Have demonstrable practical experience treating and stabilising a broad range of paintings with full consideration of the practical and ethical issues.
- You will have performed condition surveys, prepared estimates and will understand long-term care issues for paintings.
- You are an effective communicator.
- You posess good time management skills.
- You posess project management skills.
- You will posess the ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
About the Tate
Our jobs are like our galleries, open to all.
Tate offers a range of benefits, including 25 days annual leave entitlement, rising to 27 days pro rata after 3 years of service; an extra day off for your birthday each year; a cycle to work scheme; opportunities for blended and flexible working; free access to Tate exhibitions and other museums and galleries; Life Assurance; and a ‘Defined Contribution’ pension scheme with generous employer contributions. Successful candidates who are already members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme or have recently left the scheme may be eligible to remain as members of this scheme instead.
How to Apply
To learn more and submit your application, please visit the Tate Vacancies Site.
The deadline for applications is the 13 February 2025 at 12:00PM.
Frequently, we receive a high level of applications and as such, reserve the right to close applications before the advert deadline. To avoid dissapointment, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.