Senior Curator of the Royal Philatelic Collection
Household / Department: Royal Collection Trust
Section / Branch: Conservation and Curatorial
Location: Buckingham Palace
Contract/recruitment type: Permanent
Salary: £45,000 per annum
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week
About the role
It’s putting your stamp of approval on a growing historic collection.
It’s becoming part of something special. And it’s the satisfaction of managing one of the world’s greatest collections. This is what makes working for the Royal Household so different.
The Royal Philatelic Collection is generally regarded as the world’s leading private collection of stamps and related material. As the Senior Curator, you will manage all curatorial functions relating to the Collection. You’ll maintain, preserve and develop this priceless Collection to ensure that it is fully documented, interpreted and preserved at highest standards.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage and catalogue the collection to recognised professional standards and maintain accurate records and systematic inventory checks using the Collections Management System.
* Applying specialist expertise and identify strategic priorities for the conservation, long-term preservation and digitisation of the collection whilst overseeing its storage, security and accessibility.
* Undertake research and provide authoritative interpretation to answer specialist enquiries and to inform displays.
* Liaising with internal and external colleagues whilst overseeing displays and loans.
* Lead and develop a small team of professionals to support cataloguing, conservation, digitisation, displays and enquiries.
* Build and maintain professional relationships with philatelic experts and organisations in the UK and internationally.
In all you do, you will be proud to make your mark on this historic collection.
About you
* With strong experience as a philatelist, you bring well developed research and curatorial expertise, ideally gained within a professional or heritage setting.
* You have hands‑on experience of researching and cataloguing philatelic collections, with a careful and consistent approach to maintaining high quality records using a collections management system.
* You bring a good understanding of the care, conservation and digitisation of philatelic collections, and the practical challenges of working with them.
* You have experience of managing projects and supporting or leading others, delivering work to a high standard while balancing multiple priorities.
* You’re a confident and practical problem solver, using sound judgement to find solutions when faced with challenges.
* Well organised and adaptable, you can manage a varied workload while maintaining attention to detail.
* With excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you build positive working relationships and contribute confidently to discussions, interpretation and presentations.
* A strong team player, you enjoy working collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to achieve shared goals.
This is your opportunity to use your experience and enthusiasm to deliver the exceptional.
Benefits
We know that to deliver our best work; we need to feel at our best. That’s why at the Royal Household we offer a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and life priorities.
* Enjoy 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days (plus bank holidays) dependent on the length of time you have worked for us.
* Our excellent non‑contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 15% and you can contribute more if you wish) is highly valued by our employees, as is complimentary lunch on-site to keep you fuelled throughout the day.
* We also offer a range of leave options to support your life priorities, such as parental pay and leave and volunteering days, as well as benefits to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
* Other perks include 20% off at our Royal Collection Trust Shops and complimentary admission tickets across all our locations, along with many more exclusive employee discounts.
Find out more about the full range of benefits available to our employees here.
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