Natural History Conservator

As Natural History Conservator you will join the National Museum of Ireland to work on a major capital project. The National Museum of Ireland are known as Ireland's leading museum institution, with a strong emphasis on national and some international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history. NMI are seeking an experienced natural history conservator to join NMI in the caring for the extensive Natural History Museum collections of scientific specimens accumulated over more than two centuries.

NMI requires you to join their team on a 5-year assignment conservator to play a key role in the redevelopment project, with over-arching responsibility for the Conservation and Collection Care of the Natural History collections throughout all phases of the project.

As Natural History Conservator you be a key member of the Conservation Dept. and work closely across NMI departments and teams, in particular with the Natural History Division, Registration and Operation teams and with a variety of external stakeholders. Your main objective is to draw up the Collection Care and Conservation Plan for the NMI's Natural History collections in the context of the Natural History Museum redevelopment and to contribute to the provision of a detailed methodology for the complete transfer of the collection to offsite storage. This work will include carrying out a risk-based condition assessment of the collections; undertaking remedial conservation for selected specimens as required; developing a methodology for transferring the collection including safe packing and handling; completing the transfer of the collections including overseeing and guiding the work of other staff and contractors in collection care and object handling and advising on the preparation of collections for re-display.

You will lead and guide across all areas of the project; to carry out both preventive conservation measures and practical remedial conservation on objects in this collection, overseeing and implementing standards of packing and transfer of collections as well as overseeing and influencing the work of other staff, volunteers, contractors, and interns in conservation matters. You will be responsible for setting and implementing on standards of museum environment for the storage and re-display of the Natural History collections.