Job Description

Conservator: Documentation and Digitisation Project
Salary: 39,105 per annum
Location: Bloomsbury London
Role Summary
Conservator: Documentation and Digitisation Project
Collection Care and Moves
41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Fixed-term for 24 months
39,105 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 13 October 2025.
About the role:
To lead the coordination and implementation of both interventive and preventive conservation activities in support of the Documentation and Digitisation Project. This role requires the post holder to have significant work experience in the care and conservation of Inorganic objects, with a focus on the conservation of cuneiform and metals. This is a crucial role involving working closely with Curatorial and Collection Management teams and with various cross-departmental stakeholders. This role delivers appropriate conservation treatments to enable handling for record photography. Additionally, the role involves planning, cross-museum collaboration, and proactive engagement with outreach activities of the Conservation team as required.
Key areas of responsibility:

• To conserve and prepare objects made of inorganic materials for record photography.
• Monitor, deliver, and develop object treatment targets and project milestones.
• To lead in the coordination and delivery of both interventive and preventive conservation activities relating to the Documentation and Digitisation Project.
• To act as lead conservation liaison and member of the core project team for all relevant workstreams relating to the Documentation and Digitisation Project.
• Contributing to the delivery of Documentation and Digitisation Project phases and providing preservation expertise, ensuring effective delivery to time and budget.
• Other duties as assigned.

About you:
The relevant post holder should have a relevent degree in inorganic conservation, be able to demonstrate practical interventive conservations skills, experience working in the heritage sector, be able to work independently as well as in a team, and have the ability to demonstrate collective team work and communication skills.
About the British Museum:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays
• Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out

what benefits a civil service pension provides). * Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions

• Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
• Interest-free travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
The interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing 23 October 2025.
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of in order to support you with your application, please provide details to .
The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.
We would typically see this role as working on site about 5 days a week.
The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.

Skills Required