Time Based Art Conservator

2 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Government Full time

**Temporary full time appointment up to 12 months**:

- **Sydney CBD - The Domain**:

- **Total Remuneration Package up to $**100,164**:

- **Salary range (**$82,184 to $89,044**)**

Established in 1871, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is located in Sydney’s The Domain adjacent to the Royal Botanic Garden and near the Central Business District, the Gallery acknowledges the original custodians of this land - the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.

The Gallery attracts around 1 million visitors annually and runs Australia’s largest education program with over 90,000 student and teacher visits per year.

With our expanded campus recent opening the Gallery has a new state-of-the-art building located next to our existing and much-loved building. Providing us with close to double the exhibition space, the expanded Gallery enables us to share more art with more people and provide more family, learning and educational programming for all our audiences.

We are seeking diverse, collaborative, supportive and brilliant individuals to work alongside our existing talent and build on our rich history to create an even more inspiring Gallery for the future.

**Our commitment to diversity**

**About the Role**

Working collaboratively with the Conservation team and Gallery staff, this role assists with conservation programs for the Gallery’s collections and exhibitions, including assessing and preparing artworks at acquisition, and for internal and external exhibitions, displays and loans, to ensure the integrity and quality of artworks is maintained.

We are seeking Conservators with any specialisation, as other roles may come up in the future.

For more information about the role please view the role description and information for applicants or call the nominated contact person listed in the advertisement.

**What technical / soft skills you require**
- Tertiary qualifications in Materials Conservation or professional membership of AICCM; thorough knowledge and understanding of the physical and chemical construction of artworks: chemistry, art history, artists' methods and materials and techniques used.
- Demonstrated knowledge of both domestic and international conservation principles, ethics and requirements as identified in the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials Code of Ethics and its international counterparts.

**Targeted questions**

1. Provide an example of when you have worked in a collaborative environment on a project with multiple deadlines. Please provide details of how you managed your part of the workload to ensure deadlines were met (maximum of 400 words).

2. Provide an example of a conservation treatment, or group of treatments, you have completed and discuss the treatment issues you faced and how they were resolved. (maximum of 400 words).

Part of the assessment process may include additional online capability testing, skills testing or work samples in accordance with the new Government Sector Employment Act 2013, therefore you may be contacted to participate.

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