Museum Technician

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We are the largest Leisure and Culture employer in Hull and offer candidates enviable pay and conditions packages including, a generous annual leave allowance, on the job training opportunities and career development. For more information on the benefits of working for us please visit the ‘Working at Hull Culture & Leisure’ page.

Job Description Summary:

1. Construct, repair, install and maintain display cases, screens, plinths, barriers and other items of display equipment in consultation with the curatorial staff and the senior technician.

2. Maintain permanent displays to enable museums/gallery exhibits to be presented to the public to a high standard, and to minimise risk of damage or deterioration to the collections.

3. Setting up, constructing and dismantling new displays and exhibitions across the heritage service, including picture framing, glazing, mount cutting, painting etc. to ensure a high standard of visual presentation

4. Driving and transportation duties, including packing/unpacking, loading/unloading and movement of museum objects and fine art, both long-distance outside the city, and between heritage service sites/other venues in Hull.

5. Provide to managers costs for technical work/materials/equipment from contractors or companies, for technical work across the heritage service.

6. Assist with operation and care of audio visual equipment, to ensure they are working at all times. This may also include assisting with events, exhibition openings, or external bookings out of hours.

7. Support the heritage service in the development and implementation of projects as required.

8. Handling and moving museum objects and fine art under the supervision of the curator in charge

9. Assist the rest of the technical team in supporting the curatorial team in delivering a rolling programme of exhibitions across the heritage service, and carry this out to a high standard and to set deadlines.

10. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on the Company, as your employer and you as an employee of the Company. In addition to the Company’s overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health & safety and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Company’s Corporate H&S policy.

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Benefits of Working of Hull Culture & Leisure:
- A competitive salary
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
- Supportive and forward-thinking culture
- Great career development opportunities

Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. 

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

Hull Culture & Leisure is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and is an equal opportunity employer.

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