Photography Conservator

Key Accountabilities:
Role Purpose: The Conservator will be expected to carry out conservation treatment on the Museum’s photographic collections, care for relevant collections, ensuring their physical safety
- stability, keeping detailed records of the works carried out along with communicating the Photography Conservator activities with his/ her colleagues and interest groups.

Duties & Responsibilities:

- Visits Academics and Scholars
- Ensures adherence to policies and procedures
- Works as part of the Collections section and provide accurate information to the Orientalist Museum staff
- Carries out conservation treatments on the Museum’s photographic collections, cares for relevant collections, ensuring their physical safety-stability, keeping detailed records of the works carried out
- Communicates the works on paper conservation activities with his/ her colleagues and interest groups
- Assists with day to day running of the laboratory (including procuring materials and equipment)
- Ensures familiarity with condition surveys with the ability to undertake same
- Ensures good knowledge of monitoring and controlling the environment in which collections are stored or displayed to prevent deterioration
- Liaises with museum curators, registrars and other colleagues
- Assists with setting up exhibitions
- Applies preventive conservation principles and care of collections with interest on photographs
- Packs objects for transport and accompanying objects in transit to other locations if required
- Takes supervisory roles occasionally (i.e. interns, volunteers and newer staff members)
- Publishes his/her work, under the Orientalist Museum policies and procedures
- Ensures well versed process in mount making
- Any other activity as described by the Head for Conservation

Qualifications/Requirements:

- BA or MA/MSc in Conservation of museum objects - Specializing in works on paper. Master’s Degree is highly preferred.
- Preferable 4 years work experience in conservation
- Be familiar with photography technology and deterioration of photographs
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong research ability (scientific, academic, etc.) issues that relate to photography conservation
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team
- Professional and friendly manner
- Interested in professional development

Desirable
- Communication in Arabic and /or other languages
- Knowledge in Art History
- Have a good network of specialised contacts