{"id":12174,"date":"2015-04-20T14:07:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T19:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=12174"},"modified":"2015-04-20T14:07:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T19:07:41","slug":"job-posting-paintings-conservator-chicago-conservation-center-chicago-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/04\/20\/job-posting-paintings-conservator-chicago-conservation-center-chicago-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Posting: Paintings Conservator &#8211; Chicago Conservation Center (Chicago, IL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paintings Conservator<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Conservation Center in Chicago is soliciting applicants to join the company&#8217;s Paintings Department as a Paintings Conservator. The ideal candidate must have the following: demonstrated working knowledge of materials, techniques, and ethics of painting conservation; extremely fine manual skills; the ability to carry out treatments of minor to major complexity; using sound judgment; the ability to meet scheduled deadlines; and the ability to work effectively with colleagues and clients as a positive and productive team member.<br \/>\n<strong>QUALIFICATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An advanced degree in art conservation with a specialization in paintings conservation preferred, or an advanced degree with comparable training and a minimum of 3\u20135 years post graduate experience.<\/li>\n<li>Examination and treatment related to the comprehensive range of paintings that The Conservation Center treat on a regular basis, ranging from early European to Contemporary.<\/li>\n<li>Thorough understanding of conservation theory and practice.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to provide written condition reports, treatment recommendations, and post-treatment reports a plus.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with colleagues<\/li>\n<li>Strong communication skills.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to adhere to deadlines.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to multitask.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to collaborate with and manage fellow department staff members to execute successful treatments.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to perform the physical labor as required for specific treatments.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work in triage based situations.<\/li>\n<li>Responsible for seeing projects through from start to completion.<\/li>\n<li>Previous experience in private practice strongly preferred.<\/li>\n<li>The position involves occasional travel.<\/li>\n<li>Art handling, packing, and installation experience a plus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a full-time salaried position. Compensation will be commensurate with qualifications and experience &#8211;\u00a0benefits include medical insurance,\u00a0vacation pay and a 401(k) retirement program. The Conservation Center is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates are encouraged to contact\u00a0heather.b@theconservationcenter.com. Please submit a cover letter, resume, salary history, and three professional references which illustrate qualifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paintings Conservator The Conservation Center in Chicago is soliciting applicants to join the company&#8217;s Paintings Department as a Paintings Conservator. The ideal candidate must have the following: demonstrated working knowledge of materials, techniques, and ethics of painting conservation; extremely fine manual skills; the ability to carry out treatments of minor to major complexity; using sound &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/04\/20\/job-posting-paintings-conservator-chicago-conservation-center-chicago-il\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Job Posting: Paintings Conservator &#8211; Chicago Conservation Center (Chicago, IL)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":12175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}