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Senior Curator of Paintings |
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Royal Collection Trust |
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£40,000 p.a. |
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Full-Time Position
Maternity Cover: 12 Months |
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London, England |
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Sunday, 23rd March 2025 |
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| | | | | Other Benefits: | | We know that to deliver our best work; we need to feel at our best. That’s why at the Royal Household we offer a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and life priorities.
- Enjoy 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days pro rata (plus bank holidays) dependent on the length of time you have worked for us.
- Flexible and hybrid working varies across different roles, and we’ll discuss the options available to you that will suit both your job requirements and individual preferences.
- Our excellent non-contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 15% and you can contribute more if you wish) is highly valued by our employees, as is complimentary lunch on-site to keep you fuelled throughout the day.
- We also offer a range of leave options to support your life priorities, such as parental pay and leave and volunteering days, as well as benefits to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
- Other perks include 20% off at our Royal Collection Trust Shops and complimentary admission tickets across all our locations, along with many more exclusive employee discounts.
Find out more about the full range of benefits available to our employees here. | | | | |
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| Job Description |
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It's helping to bring millions closer to extraordinary paintings.
It's working with a shared and unique purpose, and it's caring for and presenting one of the world's largest art collections. This is what makes working for Royal Collection Trust so different.
One of the largest and most important art collections in the world, Royal Collection runs to more than a million objects, including 8000 paintings and 3000 miniatures. Spread among fifteen Royal residences and former residences across the UK, displayed at exhibitions at The King’s Galleries in London and Edinburgh and via loans, it is unique in both scale and variety.
As Senior Curator, you’ll play a key role in leading the Paintings team in all matters relating to the care, conservation, access, research, cataloguing and exhibiting of the paintings, miniatures and frames in the collection.
Key Responsibilities:
• Leading a curatorial team, you’ll deliver the strategic plan for the Paintings section, provide coaching and guidance, as well as determining work schedules and assisting with budget management.
• You’ll work independently and in collaboration with others to curate exhibitions, working on all aspects from thematic conception through to representing Royal Collection Trust at press events.
• Sharing your passion for paintings with other academics and members of the public, you’ll deliver lectures, tours and other talks that aim to reach, inspire and engage with the broadest audience possible.
• With oversight of the display of paintings across all Royal residences, you’ll liaise with conservation colleagues and the art handling team to prepare items for exhibitions, loans and other activities.
• You’ll also have time to carry out research on the fascinating paintings in the Collection, publishing through various channels and responding to requests for information from colleagues and the public.
• Liaising with teams across Royal Collection Trust on exhibition proposals and display plans, you'll bring people closer to a truly unique history and you’ll be inspired every day. |
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• You're a complete paintings enthusiast, with significant curatorial experience in a museum or gallery environment.
• You’re an experienced people manager, able to guide and encourage team members while allocating resources and monitoring progress.
• You'll be used to preparing talks, presentations and displays, and you'll be eager to share your knowledge with varied audiences.
• With an awareness of conservation issues and the challenges of working with historic interiors, you’ll be able to design effective hangs that show paintings to their very best.
• With previous project experience and strong administration skills, you'll be able to plan and deliver long term projects alongside a daily workload and tight deadlines.
• A confident communicator, with excellent written and verbal communication skills, you'll enjoy collaborating with team members and colleagues who are specialists in their own field.
• And driven by your passion for knowledge, you're also confident working independently and delivering excellent results. |
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| Application Instructions |
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Please apply via the below link:
https://theroyalhousehold.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-3/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/4/opp/3491-Senior-Curator-of-Paintings/en-GB |
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