Dear all
We are now recruiting for the role of Grant Museum Curator.
It really is an excellent job. Please spread the word.
The details are below, and the full description and specification are on the
UCL Jobs website.
All the best
Jack
Grant Museum Curator
UCL Public and Cultural Engagement
Duration of post: Permanent, full time
Salary: Grade 7: £33,353 - £40,313 (Inclusive of London weighting; annual cost of living increase pending)
UCL Museums and Collections is a dynamic and growing service that has won national awards. The museums are part of the UCL Public and Cultural Engagement (PACE) department
that also includes the university’s Public Engagement Unit and the Bloomsbury Theatre. The collections house over half a million outstanding artefacts and specimens across arts and science disciplines. Promoting research and teaching with these collections
is a high priority, and the museums play a key role in engaging new audiences with UCL’s academic work.
The Grant Museum is one of the UK’s foremost zoology museums, with a reputation for innovative and experimental work. It is
named after its founder Professor Robert Edmond Grant, who was the country’s first Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. The collection comprises around 68,000 skeletal, taxidermy, fossil and wet specimens, covering the whole of the animal kingdom.
It is accredited by Arts Council England and works to influence the museum sector in areas of audience engagement and collections management. Alongside a lively public events programme, the Museum is used daily in academic programmes across the disciplines
at UCL and other Higher Education Institutions.
The Grant Museum Curator’s primary responsibility will be to undertake curatorial work and collections care and management for the Grant Museum collection, including documentation, imaging, storage, collections
development and databases. The post-holder also plays an active role in the development and delivery of appropriate university teaching, and encourages and facilitates research and teaching use of the collection. The Curator participates in the development
of new exhibitions and displays, and will participate fully in the Department’s public engagement programmes.
The Curator will work closely with colleagues across UCL Museums and Collections and PACE and will report to the Grant Museum Manager. The post-holder will play an active role in the Grant Museum team and will work closely
alongside the Museum Manager, Learning and Access Officer and UCL Museums Collections Management team in developing and delivering the overall strategic aims of the Grant Museum and wider UCL PACE services.
The role requires very good levels of subject-specific knowledge and collections management experience, as well as a track record in public engagement and advocacy within the museum sector.
We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.
For a FULL JOB DESCRIPTION and TO APPLY, please follow the instructions on
our web site
CLOSING DATE 03/08/15
INTERVIEWS in week beginning 17/08/15
Manager
Grant Museum of Zoology
UCL Public and Cultural Engagement
Rockefeller Building
University College London
21 University Street
London WC1E 6DE
Web:
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/zoology
Blog:
http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/
020 3108 2052 (or 52052 from within UCL)
http://twitter.com/GrantMuseum
http://www.facebook.com/pages/UCL-Museums-and-Collections/352538109391