Frame conservator Rammekonservator

The new National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design opened on 11th June 2022 and is the largest art museum in the Nordic countries. The National Museum’s mandate is to develop, conserve, research, make available and promote public knowledge about Norway’s largest collection of art, architecture and design.
The collection contains artworks from antiquity to the present and a great variety of these are now showcased in almost 90 rooms. For more information about the museum and its collection, see www.nasjonalmuseet.no

The National Museum has a significant historical frame collection spanning six centuries, featured in both our internal exhibitions and frequently requested for loans.

We are seeking a motivated and experienced frame conservator to take responsibility for the care and preservation of this historical collection. The position will provide a unique opportunity to establish frame conservation as a professional field both at the National Museum and in Norway.

The successful candidate will conduct frame condition assessments, make treatment recommendations, and carry out necessary treatments to ensure the safe display, transport, and storage of frames in the collection. Working within a dynamic environment alongside a dedicated, multidisciplinary team of conservators, curators, and technicians, this role will contribute to exhibitions, loans, storage, and other relevant projects as agreed with the supervisor.

Arbeidsoppgaver

Key Responsibilities:

• Support work related to exhibitions and loans.
• Conduct and coordinate technological investigations.
• Document and carry out preventive conservation, including registration of information in the museum’s collections management database.
• Communicate frame conservation practices to internal and external stakeholders.
• Implement high-quality conservation and structural treatments.
• Assist with the historical classification of frames.
• Acquire new knowledge on the collections, the conservation field, and relevant projects through research and in-depth work, in line with the museum’s strategy and planning.
• Complete additional tasks as agreed with the supervisor.

Kvalifikasjoner

Education:

• MA in Frame Conservation or equivalent degree in a related materials field is required.
  

Experience: / Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year of proven experience in frame conservation is required.
• Experience working in a gallery or museum, including involvement with displays and collections.
  

Please note that all documents must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

Personlige egenskaper

Personal skills:

• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Possess excellent organizational and planning abilities, with the capacity to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to produce clear and accurate documentation.
• Good oral and written communication skills, preferably in Norwegian and English.

For the position, we highly encourage applicants who contribute to the National Museum reflecting society's diversity, and who strengthen the plurality of voices in the National Museum's important societal mission.

Vi tilbyr

We offer:

• Salary: 610,000 - 700,000 NOK
  
• Generous pension scheme in the State pension fund
  
• Flexible working
  
• Good insurance schemes
  
• An engaging working environment with knowledgeable and committed colleagues.
  
• Brand new studios and offices centrally located
  
• Bicycle parking and a gym.
  
• Excellent subsidized staff canteen.

Certificates and diplomas that have not been uploaded in Webcruiter must be uploaded if you are called for an interview. Only applications sent via Webcruiter will be processed.