Applications open for Collections Officer

Job title: Collections Officer

Contract type:  Full time (35 hours per week), 3 month fixed term contract. Possibility for extension or permanent appointment.

Location: London

Salary: Grade 4. Up to £30,142 pro rata. Please note, for internal applicants the salary will be reflected by pay and award policy

Working arrangements:  35 hours per week between 8am and 6pm. Hybrid working - you will be required to work in the office a minimum of 6 days per month.

An exciting opportunity to help care for and conserve an internationally significant collection of artworks and objects, and to share them with the public to educate and inspire.

The Royal College of Physicians holds one of the UK’s most complete collections of medical artefacts, as well as over 5,000 paintings, drawings, miniatures, and sculptures. In London, our permanent displays and temporary exhibitions attract over 32,000 visitors a year, with a further 400,000 visits to items on loan to museums and galleries around the world.

As a fixed-term Collections Officer, you’ll use your professionalism, creativity, and commitment to provide collections management services and specialist support to the museum.

You’ll ensure the on-going care of the collections and maintain up-to-date and accurate records to support their use in a wide range of activities for the benefit of our members and the public.

You’ll report to and work closely with the Senior Curator and hold a key role in a busy and experienced team of 9 heritage professionals.

Responsibilities

• Collections management of the RCP museum collections, including documentation, storage, display, and loans
• Preventive conservation, including emergency planning and environmental monitoring, and liaising with external conservators
• Delivering tours and responding to enquiries
• Working with the rest of the museum team to deliver our active programme of loans, events and exhibitions

Experience

• Experience of working in a busy collections role, including object handling, movement and location, storage, display and transport to accepted professional standards
• Knowledge of cataloguing and documentation in line with Spectrum standards
• Experience of preventive conservation
• Experience advocating for collections care
• Excellent team-working skills, able to work independently and proactively
• Ability to effectively prioritise work and to work to deadlines
• Ability to deliver high quality Customer Service
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Accurate with good attention to detail
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion values

For further information about the role, please view the Job Description and Person Specification.  

Benefits

The basics

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• group personal pension plan with 7% employer contribution
• interest-free season ticket loan
• hybrid working (a minimum of 6 days per month in the office)

Health and wellbeing

• employee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support for any work-related issues as well as any problems affecting your home life
• occupational health team – includes employment and work-related health assessments, health checks and workstation assessments
• cycle to work scheme
• corporate eye care scheme with Optical Express.

Plus

• professional training and development opportunities
• staff discounts platform – including discounts on cinema tickets and a range of high street brands summer and Christmas staff days.

About the RCP

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a patient-centred and clinically led membership organisation for physicians, with 40,000 members worldwide. The RCP works to ensure that physicians are trained to provide high-quality care and promotes evidence-based policies to government to encourage healthy lifestyles and reduce illness. By working in partnership with other health organisations, we present a powerful and unified voice to improve health and healthcare.

How to apply

Please submit your CV and cover letter outlining how you meet the job description via the RCP jobs site. Please note that applications submitted without a cover letter will not be shortlisted. If you have any queries about the application process or the role, please email recruitment@rcp.ac.uk.

Closing date: Tuesday 07 May 2024

Interview date: TBC

Early applications are advised as the vacancy may close before the deadline if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

The RCP positively encourages applications for suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

The RCP is all about our people - our members, our staff, our volunteers and leaders. We educate, influence and collaborate to improve health and healthcare for everyone and know we can only do this by being inclusive, encouraging and celebrating diverse perspectives. that's why welcoming and having people who represent the 21st century medical workforce and the diverse population of patients we serve is so important to us.