Location
Buckingham, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom
Job description
| Department: | Royal Collection Trust |
| Location: | Buckingham Palace |
| Contract type: Starting Salary: | Permanent £27,000 |
| Hours of work: | 37.5 hours per week |
About the role:
It’s conserving a magnificent history that will be enjoyed by future generations
It’s working with a shared and unique purpose, and it’s caring for and presenting one of the world’s largest horological collections. This is what makes working for Royal Collection Trust so different.
In terms of both quality and diversity, our collection of Decorative Arts is breath-taking, featuring items that are unique and historically significant.
You’ll be working with the Senior Horological Conservator to maintain and conserve clocks, watches, barometers, thermometers, and sundials in the Royal Collection, located at royal residences including Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Based at our Buckingham Palace conservation workshop, you’ll work on aspects of conservation, restoration and maintenance of the horological collection under the direction of the Senior Horological Conservator.
You’ll work closely with Decorative Arts colleagues in London and Windsor in the conservation, curatorial and collections management teams.
Above all, you’ll aim for high standards in all that you do and knowing you’re helping preserve a unique collection for generations to come will excite you in this role.
About you:
With a degree or equivalent in Horology to the BHI final grade standard, and experience working on horological items and good general knowledge and interest in all things mechanical, you’ll be the person we’re looking for.
In addition, your organisational and time management skills will be vital, in order to prioritise your work to assist the Senior Horological Conservator meet multiple deadlines, while remaining flexible with timings if priorities change.
You’re an excellent communicator, able to build good working relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders.
Above all, you’re driven to maintain the very highest standards of care in all that you do. You’ll have good inter-personal skills, a willingness to learn and can be flexible in order to support the needs of a busy department.
Working as part of this busy team there will be plenty of opportunities for the successful candidate to get involved in a wide range of conservation activities. This role will provide you with an excellent grounding for what will hopefully be a long successful career in Horology.
Closing date: 9th July 2023, 23:55
https://www.rct.uk/about/working-for-us/current-vacancies
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£27k per annum
