Stillingstittel: Conservator/Senior Conservator

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway' largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.

Two positions as conservator/senior conservator of archaeological material artefacts are available at the Museum of Cultural History

The two available positions are placed in the Section for Conservation at the Department of Collection Management (SF) which p.t. has a total of 28 employees. The department is organized in two Sections; Section for Conservation and Section for Digital Documentation, GIS, IT and Archive. In addition, the research project Saving Oseberg is part of the department. The Section for Conservation has 14 employees of which 8 are conservators working with archaeological material, 5 are conservators working with painted sculpture/paintings and ethnographic artefacts, and one is a chemist/conservation scientist. Some of these positions are temporarily engaged in the Saving Oseberg project.

The departments’ foremost purpose is to secure the preservation of the museum collections in exhibitions, storage, during loans and during transport. The work includes documentation, both preventive and active conservation, recommendations for improvement in exhibition and storage as well as responsibilities associated with loans and exhibitions. The department is involved in research and analysis, including X-ray, metallographic analysis, and microscopy examination of objects and materials for condition and material change, as well as material characterization and understanding of artefact and material technology. The department work with various forms of state of the art documentation such as 3D scanning and photogrammetry. The department has, through the research project Saving Oseberg, been able to build up a substantial analytical lab with equipment for both organic and inorganic analyses.

The responsibilities for these two full time positions are

• Documentation, investigation and conservation of archaeological objects, both organic and inorganic materials as well as participation in the revision of the museum's archaeological collections.
• Preventive conservation related to storage, exhibition and loans
• Field conservation and other relevant work related to the acquisition of archaeological artefacts.
• Exhibition work and loans of archaeological artefacts and monitoring of loans and exhibitions in and outside the museum premises.
• Development of conservation methods and research of technology as well as examination of material change and condition.

The museum will in the coming years face major challenges in relation to new storage areas and the development of museum buildings. These are complex processes that require experienced and well-qualified employees with strong abilities to work independently. One of the positions will therefore have special focus on preventive conservation and will be responsible for establishing procedures and follow-up measurements of climate in exhibition, storage and during loans.

Requirements

• Both positions require an approved conservation education at Masters Level or equivalent in archaeological material. Particularly relevant experience may substitute education requirement.
• For the position with a particular focus on preventive conservation, the applicant must document a minimum of 2 years’ experience in preventive conservation for archaeological and/or ethnographic collections in storage and exhibitions.
• For the position related to the conservation of archaeological artefacts we require minimum one year documented active conservation experience in addition to that gained during conservation studies.
• Experience of archaeological f
  
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  Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, The Museum of Cult
  
  Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0130 OSLO
  
  Job kort beskrivelse: Archivists and curators
  
  Land: Norge
  
  Region: Oslo
  
  Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge
  
  Hvordan søke: Annet - se fritekst
  
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  Lønn periode: Pr. år
  
  
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