Job Description: HMS Victory Curatorial Technician
Location: National Museum of the Royal Navy and HMS Victory, Portsmouth
Reporting to: HMS Victory Curator & Project Director
Salary: TBC
To work with the Curator in the day-to-day care and preventative conservation of HMS
Victory’s collection of artefacts and display items. The role focusses on the safe handling,
movement, maintenance and display of the collection. This includes the development and
execution of the ship’s Artefact and Equipment Planned Maintenance Schedule.
HMS Victory is about to embark upon a sustained period of conservation, restoration and
repair, and the successful candidate will assist with the packing up of contents prior to the
commencement of works and the reinstatement and redisplay of areas afterwards. They will
support the Curator with the management of environmental and insect monitoring.
Job Purpose
To undertake the maintenance and display of HMS Victory and her collection of artefacts.
Areas of Responsibility
To develop and execute the Artefact and Equipment Planned Maintenance Schedule, and assist
with other cleaning and maintenance programmes as directed.
To monitor and stock check supplies of conservation materials, ensuring replenishment of
supplies is undertaken in a timely manner.
Liaise with colleagues in the visitor services and other departments to ensure the ship is well
presented to the public at all times.
To undertake as necessary the movement and handling of the collections, and assist with
storage and display projects as necessary.
To assist with monitoring the environmental conditions in which the collections are stored and
displayed, including performing regular checks of all storage areas, inspecting for physical and
biological signs of deterioration
To ensure the safety and security of the collections at all times by actively minimising risk. Be a
member of the Fire Salvage Team and ensure that all aspects of work are undertaken within the
appropriate Health and Safety guidelines/legislation.
To monitor and collate information on the condition of objects.
To undertake projects to improve the preventative conservation and storage of the collections.
To support the documentation of the collections including inventory, location tracking, and
cataloguing.
In conjunction with the conservation programme, assist in appropriate recording of the ship’s
structure.
Work with the NMRN curatorial team to review the storage and documentation of collections
relating to the ship – including her foretopsail.
To work within the wider NMRN Team, providing support where required
Internal/External Relationships
Internal:
HMS Victory Project Director
NMRN Enterprise Department
NMRN Curatorial Team
NMRN Learning Team
Commanding Officer HMS Victory
Visitor Services Team
HMS Victory Events Team
External:
Main contractor and sub-contractors
Job Related Qualifications
Degree, or equivalent experience.
Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Experience working in an historic ship, house or museum environment.
Varied object handling experience
Experience of undertaking preventative conservation work including
cleaning.
Experience of manual handling.
Experience of collections management.
Experience of application of conservation principles to historic ship or
structure.
Essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
Desirable
Desirable