Primary responsibilities include condition assessment of objects selected for exhibition; planning, documenting, and performing complex item-level conservation object treatments both preventive and interventive; completing materials analysis as necessary, including the identification of materials, which may be included in the online catalogue; and assisting the Collections team and contractors in safe handling, mounting, installation and de-installation of objects. The conservator will work closely with the Curator and other museum team members to manage and maintain the collection, assist with exhibition planning and research, catalog and document new acquisitions, contribute to and assist in the maintenance of the collection database, and draft and implement policies and procedures that relate to collections care, access, and risk management. The successful candidate will benefit from working closely with the Conservation Department of the Yale University Art Gallery; though reporting to the Curator the incumbent will become an active partner of a dynamic and supportive conservation department at Yale West Campus that includes conservators working in different fields of specialization: paintings, objects, furniture, works on paper, and textiles. Experience working in a museum environment and knowledge of museum conservation practice; a specialization in musical instruments and proficiency with regulation and maintenance of functional keyboards is highly desirable. The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and seeks to attract to its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives.
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