Collections Assistant

Company	National TrustSee more
Address	Derbyshire, England
Form of work	Permanent, part-time
Salary	£11.64 per hour
Category	Accounting & Finance

Job description

Summary

Joining a skilled and passionate Collections Team at an exciting time, you'll help develop our offer as one of the National Trust's 28 Treasure Houses and continue to deliver first-rate conservation work. It's no small task. In fact, it's a big team effort and it's why our Collections Assistants are so important.

You'll work one in four weekends and some bank holidays.

What it's like to work here

Reporting to a Collections & House Officer, you'll work within a small team of Collections Assistants to take care of the mansion, stables complex and two churches.

The vast and atmospheric Calke Abbey is home to an extensive and complex collection of over 30,000 objects, ranging from the finest textiles to unusual curios, vast libraries and unique natural history. The distinctive Spirit of Place and abandoned appearance of many of the rooms calls for a unique approach to conservation, with the mantra 'Repair not Restore' at the heart of all we do. Our work balances managing the precious interiors and objects, with ensuring that the 100,000+ visitors we welcome through the doors annually can access and engage with Calke and its fascinating stories.

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What you'll be doing

As a Collections Assistant, you’ll be working with a great housekeeping team in an incredible place, helping with the day-to-day cleaning and care of the collections. No detail will go unnoticed, and you’ll keep a keen eye on everything from the environmental conditions in a room, to signs of wear and tear. You’ll keep accurate records too, collecting information during cleaning routines to inform our understanding of the house, stables and churches we care for.

In this visitor facing role, we’d love you to talk to visitors about the work you’re doing, and the collections we have, sharing tales from the past as well as your personal experience of working here. You'll also be part of the wider team of employees and volunteers, helping to cover roles within the mansion and across the property where necessary.

Who we're looking for

We'd love to hear from you if you're;

a team player, but can also work on your own initiative
well organised and adaptable?
customer focused with a positive attitude?
willing to learn new skills?
good manual dexterity and hand-to-eye skills and ability to work from ladders and tower scaffold

The package

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.