Senior Conservator
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About the Role
A confidential organization in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Conservator to lead the care and treatment of cultural heritage collections. The role involves supervising conservation teams, developing policies, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with international standards.
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Responsibilities
- Lead collection management and conservation initiatives for major displays, exhibitions, and organizational milestones
- Manage day to day operations of conservation teams across multiple locations
- Monitor conservation treatments to ensure compliance with international standards
- Work with collections, exhibitions, and project teams to ensure safe handling and preservation of works
- Advocate for conservation best practices within the organization and internationally
- Direct and participate in research related to the collection and conservation practices
- Lead, manage, motivate, and develop a multidisciplinary team of conservation professionals
- Develop policies and oversee practices for collection care, conservation, storage, transportation, and loans
- Develop and manage departmental operating, project, and programme budgets
- Develop and implement annual and multi year conservation assessment and treatment plans
- Develop and maintain emergency preparedness and disaster response plans
- Lead recruitment activities for the conservation function
Requirements
- Advanced knowledge of professional ethics, principles, and methodologies in conservation, preservation, and restoration of cultural heritage
- Experience supervising a team of conservators and related professionals
- Experience in conservation assessment and treatment of collections
- Experience in developing policies and overseeing collection care practices
- Experience managing departmental budgets
- Experience in emergency preparedness and disaster response for collections
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Overview
- The Senior Conservator is responsible for the care and treatment of the collection, applying advanced knowledge of professional ethics, principles, and methodologies in the conservation, preservation, and restoration of cultural heritage.
- The Senior Conservator supervises a team of trained conservators and related professionals across a broad range of activities.
- As a senior leader, the Senior Conservator works collaboratively with management teams on institutional planning, policy development, and special initiatives.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead collection management and conservation initiatives, ensuring readiness for major collection displays, exhibitions, commissions, and organizational milestones.
- Manage the day to day operations of conservation teams across multiple locations. Monitor conservation treatments carried out by staff and external conservators, ensuring compliance with internationally recognized professional standards.
- Work proactively with collections, exhibitions, and project teams to ensure the safe handling, display, transportation, and long term preservation of works of art and cultural assets.
- Advocate for and promote conservation best practices throughout the organization, within the UAE, and internationally.
- Direct and participate in research related to the collection, exhibitions, commissions, and conservation practices.
- Lead, manage, motivate, and develop a multidisciplinary team of conservation professionals to meet current and future operational requirements.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to develop exhibition strategies that ensure the safety and proper care of collections and loaned works.
- Develop policies and oversee practices relating to collection care, conservation, storage, transportation, and loans, ensuring compliance with recognized international standards.
- Develop and manage departmental operating, project, and programme budgets, ensuring expenditures remain within approved allocations.
- Develop and oversee the implementation of annual and multi year conservation assessment and treatment plans, maintaining the highest standards of safety, sustainability, and collection care.
- Develop and maintain emergency preparedness, disaster response, and business continuity plans relating to collections and conservation operations.
- Lead recruitment activities for the conservation function, identifying priority positions, supporting workforce planning initiatives, and reporting progress to senior management.
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