{"id":14220,"date":"2016-05-06T11:12:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=14220"},"modified":"2016-05-06T11:12:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:12:21","slug":"job-posting-project-conservator-st-louis-art-museum-st-louis-mo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2016\/05\/06\/job-posting-project-conservator-st-louis-art-museum-st-louis-mo\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Posting: Project Conservator &#8211; St. Louis Art Museum (St. Louis, MO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM CONSERVATION<br \/>\nJOB DESCRIPTION: PROJECT CONSERVATOR<br \/>\nSUPERVISES: No \u00a0one<br \/>\nSPECIFICATIONS: Degree from an accredited conservation program or its\u00a0equivalent and 3 years conservation experience are required as well as a broad and solid foundation in both objects conservation and collection survey methods.<br \/>\nJOB PURPOSE: This position will participate \u00a0in a comprehensive collections survey to be undertaken \u00a0by the Museum over a two year period as part of its strategic plan and will collaborate with the museum&#8217;s collections staff in conducting a high volume collections survey of the museum&#8217;s\u00a0 holdings. The conservator \u00a0will be required to accurately and succinctly identify object\u00a0 condition concerns across specialties including &#8211; objects, \u00a0textiles, paintings, \u00a0and \u00a0paper \u00a0conservation.<br \/>\nDUTIES,\u00a0 WORK \u00a0PERFORMED:<br \/>\nAssess and document physical condition, recommend future treatment, propose improvements to storage, and evaluate risk factors for the Museum&#8217;s permanent collections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assess and document, both written and photographically, the condition of objects in the museum&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Recommend future treatment to enhance the stability and preservation of the objects<\/li>\n<li>Propose improved storage methods and housing for surveyed objects in both written and drawn formats including appropriate materials choice and construction<\/li>\n<li>Identify and document preservation risk factors for each object surveyed based on the Museum&#8217;s risk assessment<\/li>\n<li>Ensure all documentation is properly attached to and retrievable from the museum&#8217;s collection database (TMS) in collaboration with the Registration department,<\/li>\n<li>Serves as part of the Collections Survey Team and participates in regular team meetings to provide status updates and recommendations for keeping the project running efficiently and on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applicants<br \/>\nVisit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiretrue.com\/hiretrue\/showJobBoardPositions.do?jobBoardPK=54\">http:\/\/www.hiretrue.com\/hiretrue\/showJobBoardPositions.do?jobBoardPK=54<\/a> and create a profile using the hiretrue portal.<br \/>\nVisit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slam.org\">www.slam.org<\/a> to learn more about us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM CONSERVATION JOB DESCRIPTION: PROJECT CONSERVATOR SUPERVISES: No \u00a0one SPECIFICATIONS: Degree from an accredited conservation program or its\u00a0equivalent and 3 years conservation experience are required as well as a broad and solid foundation in both objects conservation and collection survey methods. JOB PURPOSE: This position will participate \u00a0in a comprehensive collections survey &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2016\/05\/06\/job-posting-project-conservator-st-louis-art-museum-st-louis-mo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Job Posting: Project Conservator &#8211; St. Louis Art Museum (St. Louis, MO)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":13684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14220","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\/14220","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=14220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}