IRC168549 – Head of Collections Access, Conservation & Management

As an experienced museum collections professional with a background in collections management or conservation you will provide inspirational and collaborative national leadership organisation wide. You will support the evolution of our work, setting us up to deliver our new strategy and provide national leadership to our preventive and remedial conservation, collections management and information communities.

You will work among some of the most remarkable heritage sites and their varied collections across three nations. Our sites attract over 8 million indoor visitors annually and your impact and reach will be significant.

This role involves regular travel and occasional overnight stays.

Salary: £74,724 – £89,700 dependant on skills and experience.

What it’s like to work here

You will oversee collections conservation and management at over 300 sites and lead national teams, responsible for the delivery of studio conservation, preventive conservation, collections management functions and the delivery and implementation of a new collections database.

You will lead through advocacy working closely with regional Assistant Directors and through the specialisms of your direct reports and their teams who lead for:

• Collections access and conservation practices
• House team training and development
• Science and research
• Studio conservation and partnerships
• Collections registrars
• Collections management
• Collections management information.

You will lead on a new collections policy (in 2026) and key relationships with external bodies, develop high level initiatives to support strategic delivery and develop and support effective communities of practice.