Overview
This is a Fixed Term Contract, Full Time vacancy that will close in 15 days at 23:59 BST.
The role is to join the V&A Wedgwood Collection team as Curator. The Curator role is a key post in our small team, line managing colleagues in project and curatorial roles and leading on operational activity such as planning and co-ordinating our programme of displays and gallery projects, site and salvage activities, and collections management, working in partnership and with colleagues across the V&A and locally in Stoke-on-Trent.
Responsibilities
* Lead on planning and coordinating our programme of displays and gallery projects, site and salvage activities, and collections management.
* Line manage colleagues in project and curatorial roles.
* Work in partnership with colleagues across the V&A and with local partners in Stoke-on-Trent.
About 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 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 pursue six strategic objectives:
* 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.
* 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.
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
At The V&A, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) for all and strive to go above and beyond public duty placed upon us by the Equality Act 2010. We are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The following commitments apply to all applications:
* The Disability Confident Employer scheme offers guaranteed interviews for applicants who meet the essential criteria on the person specification and who evidence their abilities.
* 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. If this occurs, we will interview only the highest-scoring applicants, from both disabled and non-disabled applicants. Job descriptions are uploaded as PDFs; if you require documents in Word format, please email careers@vam.ac.uk with your request.
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