Cataloguer, V&A Wedgwood Collection in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary £28,520

Location Wedgwood Drive, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent

This is a Fixed Term Contract, Full Time vacancy that will close in 24 days at 23:59 GMT.
The Role
We are recruiting three exciting new early career roles to join a major cataloguing project at the V&A Wedgwood Collection. This role is perfect for you if you\’re interested in museum collections and archives, and bringing material behind the scenes to the widest public through high-quality online records and engaging digital content.

We Are Looking For

• Cataloguer (Collections) – a fixed-term role for 2 years 2 months supported by Art Fund focused on the V&A Wedgwood Collection\’s object collections.
• Cataloguer (Archives) – a fixed-term role for 2 years 2 months supported by Art Fund focused on the V&A Wedgwood Collection archive collections.
• Cataloguer (Majolica Project) – a fixed-term role for 8 months supported by the Majolica International Society.

You\’ll be part of our small V&A Wedgwood Collection team based in Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, on the site of the working Wedgwood factory, and you\’ll also work closely with colleagues across the V&A\’s family of sites. You\’ll receive training on documentation, object handing, and other skills needed to help make the V&A Wedgwood Collection open to all.

We appreciate that any or all of three cataloguer roles we are advertising might be a good fit, so if you have a particular preference please let us know in your application.

The V&A
The V&A is the world\’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK\’s national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

Our Mission Is To Be Recognised As The World\’s Leading Museum Of Art, Design And Performance, And To Enrich People\’s Lives By Promoting Research, Knowledge And Enjoyment Of The Designed World To The Widest Possible Audience. We Strive To Make The V&A Matter To More People And In That Context We Work To The Following Six Strategic Objectives

• To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
• Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
• Expand the V&A\’s international reach, reputation and impact.
• To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
• Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
• Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.

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Generous pension scheme

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