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OnFife - Collections Support Assistant
Created: 25/07/2022Post: Collections Support Assistant
Hours: 36 hours per week
Salary: £19,672 – £22,018
Location: Collections Centre, Glenrothes
OnFife seeks to recruit a Collections Support Assistant to join its team. This exciting opportunity has arisen in the Museum Collections team due to the retirement of the existing postholder. This full-time post plays an essential role in assisting Curators with looking after, and making accessible, a wide-ranging collection of over 115,000 objects.
This role is based at the Collections Centre in Glenrothes, however, you will also work frequently at other venues across Fife, including Kirkcaldy Galleries, Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries and St Andrews Museum. Collections management responsibilities include assisting with cataloguing on EMu, storage, photography and preventative conservation.
High quality customer service is required for enquiries online and in person. This includes showing objects to visitors at the Collections Centre and helping Curators with groups visits and volunteers. The postholder will also assist Curators with objects selected for displays and exhibitions.
The postholder will also assist colleagues in the Exhibitions and Archives & Local Studies teams as well as other staff across OnFife when relevant.
For more information on the role/to apply, please visit OnFife's website. The closing date for applications is 12:00 on 12 August 2022.
Interviews will take place in the week commencing Monday 22 August. OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.