Collections Assistant (History), St Fagans: National History Museum

The main purpose of the role will be to assist in the delivery of an agreed programme of collections management across a range of social history and industry objects. This will include cataloguing and auditing collections, reviewing and addressing a range of backlog collections management issues.

The post holder will work closely with the Curator Modern History, Collections Officer (History) and Documentation Assistant, and a range of other curatorial and conservation staff to ensure that the collection is accessible, cared for, inclusively and meaningfully documented and preserved for the future.

This role will be based at St Fagans National Museum of History and the National Collections Centre, Nantgarw, but with a requirement to work at other Amgueddfa Cymru venues. The collections are stored in a range of different storage areas and environments across our family of museums.

Assist with the delivery of a programme to address backlog collections and documentation, delivering this by creating inventory level records on the CMS.

Assist in the delivery of a collections audit programme, verifying locations on the CMS, and systematically auditing collections according to departmental priorities.

Liaise with Image Management Officer to resolve collections issues in the Digital Asset Library (DAL).

Provide support with the movement of objects and documentation paperwork.

Champion people’s cultural rights and promote understanding of equality and tolerance of cultural difference.

Provide access to the collection as necessary to deliver the museum’s brand licensing programme.