Job Description

The Role
Collections Access Officers - Several part time roles, 3 x days p/w, requiring Saturday and Sunday working.
We are looking for individuals who are excited by the opportunity to bring the V&A's revolutionary new Order an Object service to life, engaging with visitors directly to provide unprecedented access to our collections.
You will deliver the Service, guiding visitors throughout their journey, working closely with the Senior Collections Access Officers to ensure exceptional experiences for everyone.
You will carry out a range of collection care activities, including working with collections management systems and undertaking the handling and movement of objects, working with colleagues across the organisation to deliver unparalleled access to the V&A's collections not on display, whilst ensuring their safety and care.
V&A East Storehouse is a unique new museum experience opening up the V&A collection to everyone. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the V&A as an integral part of our Collections Access team working to deliver easy, safe, meaningful and equitable access to collections for all.
We are looking to make several appointments for part time roles 3 days a week, two days of which will be Saturday and Sunday plus one other flexible day.
For more information, please read the attached job pack.
The V&A
The V&A is the world's leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.
Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience. We strive to make the V&A matter to more people and in that context we work to the following six strategic objectives:

• To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
• Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
• Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact.
• To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
• Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
• Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.

The Benefits
Benefits
Generous pension scheme
29 days plus bank holidays
Flexible working?
Tickets to V&A exhibitions
Subsidised staff canteen
25% discount in V&A shops
Give as you earn scheme
Bicycle loan
ED&I at The V&A
At the V&A, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) for all and strive to go above and beyond public duty placed upon us by the Equality Act 2010. As such, we are delighted to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The V&A makes the following commitments to all applications:

• The Disability Confident Employer scheme offers guaranteed interviews - Interviewing applicants with a disability who successfully evidence the essential criteria on a person specification and consider them on their abilities;
• Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
• Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job.
• Supporting employees and adjustments during employment.

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