About the role
The Department of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology cares for around 275,000 objects representing the material cultures of Europe, Egypt and Sudan, and the Middle East, spanning almost the entire history of humanity. We are undertaking an ambitious multi-year Collections Management Project, DigitiseLocateStore (DLS), to audit, document, and digitise the collections with the goal of enhancing access—both physically and online—and ensuring best practice in collections care and long-term storage.
To support this work, we are seeking an Objects Conservator to work closely with the team of Collections Assistants carrying out the audit. You will play a key role in carrying out the pre-audit conservation assessment plus guiding rehousing of objects and improving storage conditions. This role will directly contribute to the preservation, accessibility, and understanding of the Ashmolean’s world-renowned collections, supporting the museum’s core activities of research, teaching, and public engagement.
The role is based across Ashmolean Museum sites in Oxfordshire (including off-site stores near Bicester and Botley).
This is a part-time role (15 hours per week, 0.4 FTE), 1-year fixed-term post available until 31 May 2027.
Responsibilities
* Carry out the pre-audit conservation assessment and guide rehousing of objects.
* Improve storage conditions and contribute to the preservation, accessibility, and understanding of the collections.
* Work closely with the team of Collections Assistants during the audit as part of the DigitiseLocateStore project.
About you / Qualifications
* Post-graduate or graduate level professional conservation qualification in Objects Conservation with significant experience in conservation or preservation in a museum, historic collection, or similar setting.
* Specialist knowledge and work-based experience of assessing conditions of archaeological and historical materials and objects, and remedial and preventive conservation.
* Ability to manage a busy workload with competing demands. Demonstrable knowledge of COSHH regulation.
* Ideally confident using Collections Management Software and Digital Asset Management Systems, with excellent data-entry, cataloguing, and IT skills (including Excel).
How to apply
You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.
Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Tuesday 7 April 2026 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Monday 27 April 2026.
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