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Cataloguer, V&A Wedgwood Collection

Salary £28,520
Location Wedgwood Drive, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent
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This is a Fixed Term Contract, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

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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Benefits

Generous pension scheme

29 days plus bank holidays

Flexible working​

Tickets to V&A exhibitions

Subsidised staff canteen

25% discount in V&A shops

Give as you earn scheme

Bicycle loan

Interest-free season ticket

Interest-free rental deposit loan

Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike

Wide range of training and professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff diversity networks

ED&I at The V&A

At the V&A, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) for all and strive to go above and beyond public duty placed upon us by the Equality Act 2010.  As such, we are delighted to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The V&A makes the following commitments to all applications:  

  • The Disability Confident Employer scheme offers guaranteed interviews – Interviewing applicants with a disability who successfully evidence the essential criteria on a person specification and consider them on their abilities;  
  • Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.  
  • Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job.  
  • Supporting employees and adjustments during employment.  

Job Descriptions are currently uploaded as PDF's, if for any reason you require the documents in Word Format, please email careers@vam.ac.uk with your request.

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