Paintings Conservator Touring Exhibitions
National Galleries of Scotland
Deadline: 06 April 2026 at 12:00
Full-time (35 hours) and Fixed Term to 31 March 2030
Salary £37,614 - £41,138 per annum
Plus generous benefits package
On site with flexible working
About the role
We are delighted to announce a new opportunity for an experienced Paintings Conservator to join our Conservation Department at the National Galleries of Scotland.
We are seeking a skilled and collaborative Conservator to help us share our collection with audiences around the world. To succeed in this post, you’ll bring resourcefulness, enthusiasm, and excellent interpersonal skills along with a strong professional network. You will have evidence-based skills as Painting Conservator, and you will be confident in assessing and treating a wide range of materials and formats.
Our extensive painting collection is often on the move. You’ll be at the heart sharing this collection with the widest possible audience ensuring that works from our rich and varied painting collection travel safely, sustainably and look their very best when on display. Your work will play a vital role in delivering our wider strategy, supporting our Public Offer, equalities, and environmental priorities.
You’ll help preserve the collection while enabling us to deliver a generous lending programme from our diverse collections, also an ambitious number of exhibitions across our galleries. Through research and outreach, you will deepen knowledge of the collection and help attract new audiences to engage with it.
This is more than just a conservation role. It is an opportunity to make a lasting difference to the way we care for, understand and share our collection.
Please apply directly via our careers portal. Applications via email will not be accepted.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday, 06 April 2026.
The deadline is Monday 06 April 2026 at 12:00.
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Traditional Arts / Visual Arts / Cultural Tourism
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