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Hello (apologies for cross posting)
For your interest and sharing we have just opened recruitment for:
Curator - History
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen, Scotland
Job Type: Part Time
Contract Type: Permanent
￡11.96 -
￡13.66 per hour (18.50 hours
per week) or £23,011 to £26,282 pro rata
Closing date: 20 September 2015
Interviews to be held week commencing the 26th of October.
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums will be redeveloping the existing Art Gallery, historic Provost Skene's House Museum and a new Museums Collections Centre
through a multi-million pound project over the next 2 years. The successful applicant would be joining us at an exciting and dynamic stage in our history. The Curator (History) is a key member of the team for the effective delivery of these major projects
for the City and for the development of our wider museums and gallery service.
The successful applicant will be working across our extensive mediaeval archaeology, social and industrial history collection, to deliver wider access to the
collections in line with Aberdeen City Council and the National Strategy for Scotland’s Museums and Galleries.
You would join a small team of History curators within the wider museums and gallery service, who deliver collections research and care, exhibitions, events
and projects, working with the nationally recognised history collections of Aberdeen city.
Job Purpose
Curate and develop collections and subject specialist knowledge for a specified area of expertise in the Museums and Galleries Collections. The post holder will document, exhibit and interpret these collections and advise and disseminate information on all
aspects of the subject.
To apply for the post go to:
https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/aberdeen-city-council/jobs/curator-26288
For informal enquiries please contact:
Helen Fothergill (Head of collections) on 01224 337704 or 07920 275612
Jenny Brown
(Lead curator - history) on 01224 337719
Many thanks- Helen
Helen Fothergill
Head of Collections
Museums & Galleries
Education and Children’s Services
Aberdeen City Council
Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Shiprow, Aberdeen, AB11 5BY
T: 01224 33 7704
T: 01224 52 3676
M: 07920 275 612
The Art Gallery is now CLOSED for redevelopment until Winter 2017
Aberdeen Maritime museum open: Monday - Saturday 10-5; Sunday 12-3
The Tolbooth museum open: Monday - Saturday 10-5; Sunday 12-3
Provost Skene's House currently closed due to the redevelopment of the surrounding site
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