Position Number: 0064768
Location: 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Faculty: The Faculty of Arts
Salary: UOM 5 – $83,159 – $95,518 p.a. plus 17% super
- Contribute to the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage by providing expert conservation treatments and project management within a leading institution.
- Work with a specialist team at Grimwade Conservation Services, where you will have access to cutting-edge research and equipment, enhancing your professional development while contributing to the safeguarding of cultural treasures.
- Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!
About the Role
Operating within the world-renowned Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation’s Grimwade Conservation Services team, the role involves independently conducting conservation treatments for diverse clients, including public and private collections, while adhering to ethical and professional standards. You will be responsible for developing treatment proposals, preparing detailed reports, and providing expert guidance to a multidisciplinary team. The position also offers the chance to engage in public programmes and contribute to academic initiatives, while ensuring the continued success of Grimwade Conservation Services through strong client relationships and meticulous project management.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Completing conservation treatments and project work independently, in consultation with senior conservators when required, while adhering to time and budget constraints.
- Developing treatment proposals, preparing detailed reports, and providing commercially viable quotes for clients, in alignment with current conservation research and ethical standards.
- Supporting and supervising team members, including interns, volunteers, and assistant conservators, to enhance their skills and ensure effective project delivery.
- Maintaining strong client relationships, promoting Grimwade Conservation Services, and ensuring the implementation of workplace Standard Operating Procedures and Occupational Health and Safety requirements.
Who We Are Looking For
You possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to engage effectively with clients, team members, and external stakeholders alike. Your ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team is essential, as is your capacity to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines with precision. Demonstrating a keen attention to detail and a commitment to upholding the highest professional standards, you approach all tasks with integrity and a strong sense of responsibility. Your proactive and solution-oriented mindset allows you navigate complex challenges with confidence and contribute positively to the team’s success.
You also have:
- A recognised tertiary qualification in conservation, with over 5 years of substantial professional experience in object conservation.
- Proven technical proficiency and experience in the successful completion of object conservation projects.
- Expertise in preparing detailed, accurate reports that meet professional standards.
- A commitment to ethical conservation practices, with knowledge of international standards and the AICCM Codes of Ethics and Practice.
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.
This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your New Team – The Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts is a leading academic community dedicated to exploring and understanding the complexities of our ever-changing world. Our five schools, including the Asia Institute, School of Culture and Communication, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, School of Languages and Linguistics, and School of Social and Political Sciences, house renowned researchers and intellectually engaged students. We embrace diversity and inclusion, actively welcoming and valuing the unique contributions of individuals from all backgrounds to achieve our vision.
The Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation is the leading art conservation and restoration Centre in Australia, operational since 1989. As the only centre of its kind in Australia, the Grimwade Centre combines commercial consulting (trading as Grimwade Conservation Services), graduate training and research in cultural materials conservation. The Grimwade Centre’s strength is its ability to harness the unique interdisciplinary and world-class expertise across the Arts and Science faculties of the University of Melbourne, as well as the University’s established national and international research and industry partners, to deliver integrated conservation education, research and commercial programs of international reach and relevance.
What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!
About the University of Melbourne
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
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Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:
- Resume
- Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
- The responses against the Selection Criteria^ (found in the Position Description)
^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria
Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Ana Gencic via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.
If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the details listed on the Position Description.
Applications close: 6th FEBRUARY 2025 at 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)
Position Description: PD_Conservator - Objects
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