Preventative Conservation Coordinator Post At Imma

Description:

Reporting day to day to the Senior Registrar and Collections Manager, the Preventative Conservation Coordinator will play an important role in supporting and coordinating the ongoing care of the diverse collection of modern and contemporary art at IMMA.

The Preventative Conservation Coordinator will work closely with the IMMA Collections team and collaborate with all IMMA departments, as well as external conservation specialists, to ensure the highest possible standards of collections care and management are maintained across all collections in IMMA’s care.

The Preventative Conservation Coordinator will be based at IMMA’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham site but will be required to work at IMMA’s offsite stores in the greater Dublin area and will be responsible for the coordination of practical and advisory preventative conservation at both sites.

IMMA is currently partaking in the Heritage Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI) and the Preventative Conservation Coordinator role will be important in assisting to develop a new, long-term, sustainable Care of Collections Strategy.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES / KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Key responsibilities to be undertaken based on priorities agreed with Head of Department and subject to the needs of the Department/ Programme.

· Coordinate the monitoring of and report on environment, lighting, pollutants and pest control in collection storage areas and galleries.

· Report environmental issues in stores and galleries to relevant staff and to Operations, liaising with the Operations Executive and monitoring tickets logged and escalating to management where necessary.

· Liaise with IMMA’s environmental monitoring system suppliers to coordinate annual calibration of monitors, supervise install of new monitors where necessary; report issues and troubleshoot problems.

· Review IMMA’s pest management in stores and galleries with the Operations Executive

· Conduct condition reports for incoming and outgoing IMMA Collection loans and IMMA Collection exhibition installs and deinstalls as required.

· Coordinate specialist conservation treatments or reports, photography and framing as required for IMMA Collections.

· Act as artwork courier for IMMA Collections as requested.

· Support the Senior Registrar and Collections Manager, alongside the Head of Security in ensuring that an active disaster response plan is in place for the Collection in storage and on display and contribute to the overall IMMA disaster response plan and related risk management.

· Assist with the development and implementation of the Collections Care Strategy with the Head of Collections and the Senior Registrar and Collections Manager, as required.

· Assist the Head of Collections and Senior Registrar and Collections Manager with IMMA’s application for Museum Standards Programme for Ireland in regard to preventative conservation and collections care.

· Assist with the development and review of preventative conservation policies and procedures.

· Work with the Collections team to plan annual programmes of Collections display, research, preservation and access.

· Assist in the training of staff on collections care issues.

· Travel nationally and internationally, when required, to condition check IMMA Collection artworks on loan to other organisations.

· Work with the Time-Based Media Artwork (TBMA) Conservator, Senior Registrar and Collections Manager and other IMMA staff to ensure TBMA are cared for to the same standards as other Collection works. This may include: