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Contract Type: Fixed-term contract (maternity cover)
Grade: FC04
Salary: £24,890 – £27,087 per annum (pro rata)
Hours: 21.6 hours per week
Location: Bankhead Central, Glenrothes
Job Reference: ON000537

We are OnFife and as Fife’s largest cultural organisation we specialise in making jaws drop, hearts warm, eyes light up and imaginations run wild. We work with a huge range of partners, artists and creatives and our spaces are some of Fife’s favourite places. An ambitious leadership-oriented charity, we’re built on strong values, and those values make us who we are – Fearless, Inviting, Fair and Exciting.

We’re a real Living Wage employer, and we offer a local government pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and flexible working opportunities. If you need to travel for work, we can provide pool cars if you’re near head office or pay travel expenses, so you are not out of pocket! Along with this, you can also access discounted gym/swim memberships and other employee benefits.

The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Museum Collections team due to maternity leave for the existing postholder. This part time post plays an essential role in assisting Curators with looking after, and making accessible, a wide range of collections of over 115,000 objects.

This role is based at the Collections Centre in Glenrothes, however you will also work frequently at our 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.

The full job description can be found on our current vacancies page on our website.

About You
It is essential that you have catalogued collections on Collections management systems and have museum object handling experience. You also must have good organisational and communication skills (written and oral) and excellent attention to detail.

Knowledge of preventative conservation and a current driving licence are desirable.

How to Apply
If you would like to find out more information about this role before applying, please contact Nicola Wilson, Collections Development Manager for an informal chat about the role. Contact details can be found on our current vacancies page on our website.

When you‘re ready to apply, please return your completed application form along with a completed equal opportunities form to hr.fct@onfife.com. The application pack can be downloaded from our current vacancies page on our website.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Thursday 28 November 2024.

Interviews are anticipated to take place week commencing 9 December 2024.

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.

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