Museum Technician

Salary £28,629 Location Cromwell Road, London This is a Fixed Term Contract, Full Time vacancy that will close in 14 days at 23:59 BST.

• Download The Role Museum Technicians - Three fixed term contract roles available. 2 x six months and 1 x 18 months. Please indicate in your application which of the contracts you would like to be considered for. We are looking for three individuals to join our teams in the Technical Services department. You will play a key role in the care, movement and display of the V&A's collections. Working across exhibitions, displays, stores, loans and collections care projects, you will help ensure objects are safely handled, packed, installed, transported and maintained to the highest professional standards. You will bring to the role previous experience in a museum, gallery or art handling environment or demonstrable transferable skills. The V&A The V&A is the world's leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance. Our Mission Is To Be Recognised As The World's Leading Museum Of Art, Design And Performance, And To Enrich People's Lives By Promoting Research, Knowledge And Enjoyment Of The Designed World To The Widest Possible Audience. We Strive To Make The V&A Matter To More People And In That Context We Work To The Following Six Strategic Objectives
• To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
• Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
• Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact.
• To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
• Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
• Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources. The Benefits Benefit 1 Benefit 2 Benefit 3 Benefit 4 Benefit 5 Benefit 6 Benefits Generous pension scheme 29 days plus bank holidays Flexible working Tickets to V&A exhibitions Subsidised staff canteen 25% discount in V&A shops Give as you earn scheme Bicycle loan Interest-free season ticket Interest-free rental deposit loan Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike Wide range of training and professional development opportunities Employee Assistance Programme Staff diversity networks ED&I at The V&A
• Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
• Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job.
• Supporting employees and adjustments during employment. In some circumstances, such as when we receive a high volume of applications that meet the minimum criteria, we may not be able to guarantee an interview under the scheme. In these cases, we will interview only the highest-scoring applicants, from both people with disabilities and people without a disability. s are currently uploaded as PDF's, if for any reason you require the documents in Word Format, please email careers@vam.ac.uk with your request.