Team Leader - Conservation (Libraries)

at  Liverpool City Council

A BIT ABOUT US:

Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

THE ROLE:

An exciting vacancy has arisen for an experienced and qualified conservator to fill the role of Team Leader – Conservation. The successful post holder will be based in the Liverpool Record Office, a nationally accredited archive service, within Liverpool Central Library.
The role of Team Leader – Conservation involves working with the Library Service Management Team to inform the development of archive and library strategies that also support the strategic aims of Liverpool City Council. In this role, you will manage the conservation studio within the Liverpool Record Office and conduct interventive conservation treatments to preserve the archives and special collections held by Liverpool Libraries and Information Services.
This is a specialist and knowledge-based position that requires a relevant formal qualification or equivalent skills and experience in conservation, an ability to lead teams, and excellent organisational and communication skills.

THE MAIN DUTIES OF THE POST:

• Collaborating with the Team Leader - Archives and the Service Management Team to identify programmes of conservation work, develop programmes of public access to archive materials and design participative opportunities for groups and individuals that educate people about our collections and the conservation of heritage and community assets
• Assessing the condition of on-site collections and new acquisitions, and contributing to the preventive conservation of collections made of a wide range of organic and inorganic materials through the deployment of environmental management solutions for long-term presentation
• Managing one full time member of staff within a conservation studio and, if required, temporarily covering the management of other archive staff and functioning as duty manager for the building on a rota basis
• Being responsible for the maintenance and development of an archive environment to standards necessary to preserve National Archives Accreditation
  Please download the job description and person specification (at the bottom of this page) to learn more about the role. Please note that you must meet all essential criteria in the person specification in order to be shortlisted.