Assistant Curator, Collections Management - Edmonton, Canada - Government of Alberta

Government of Alberta

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Edmonton, Canada

1 week ago

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Job Information
Job Requisition ID: 58752

Ministry:
Arts, Culture and Status of Women

Location:
Edmonton

Full or Part-Time:
Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Permanent/Temporary:
Ongoing

Scope:
Open Competition

Closing Date:
June 27, 2024

Classification:
Information and Creative Technical Services 5

Salary:
($2,694.27 to $3, bi-weekly ($70,320- $ 92,338/year)

Arts, Culture and Status of Women works to improve Albertans' quality of life through support of cultural development, historical preservation and increased gender equality.

For more information on the work Arts, Culture and Status of Women does, visit this link Arts, Culture and Status of Women |

The Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) is responsible for the overall care and preservation care of a numerically large and diverse collection of cultural objects and natural history specimens across multiple collections facilities.

RAM's Collections Services Unit undertakes many logístical, preservation, storage, movement, handling, auditing, tracking and documentation activities in fulfilling the museums operational goals.

Role Responsibilities:

The Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) is seeking an Assistant Curator, Collections Management for a position with the Museum's Collections Services Section.

Reporting to the Curator, Collections Management and working with the collections management, conservation and curatorial teams, this position assists in the implementation and completion of general collections management and preservation activities at the Royal Alberta Museum and its multiple ancillary offsite collections facilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Undertake activities and duties to ensure the longterm physical preservation of the Royal Alberta Museum's collections.
Assist in the accurate documentation and reporting of the Royal Alberta Museum's collection.
Under the direction of the Curator, Collections Management, complete collections related duties to ensure the successful management/operation of RAM's offsite collections facilities (i.e. Collections Warehouses and Acheson Collections Center).
Assist the Curator, Collections management in the process of deaccessioning and disposal of identified collections.
Assist with the completion of the annual collections location audit.
Contribute to the overall success of the Collections Services team's goals and priorities.

Please

APS Competencies:

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans.

We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
In this role, you will contribute to our team by demonstrating the following behavioral competencies:

Build Collaborative Environments: Open communication and a good working relationship with other staff is required to plan actions and tasks to ensure the safety of others as well as the safety of collections.

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Drive for Results: The work of the Assistant Curator, Collections Management often involves multiple projects across multiple sites. They will need to prioritize their tasks to meet specific goals and timelines, seeking input from their supervisor and or other knowledgeable staff as required. Some tasks will be repetitive. They are expected to identify and seek ways to achieve success without losing site of the end goals.
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Agility: must both plan for long term goals and be able to react to situations as they arise. The position not only works creatively to address unique situations but must also adjust their daily tasks as required to respond to emergency situations, changing priorities, building/facility issues, and requests from other team members.
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Creative Problem Solving: must continually use their previous experience while seeking new ideas and methods to improve the efficiency of storing a growing collection within limited facility spaces. Similarly they must adapt their methodology of moving collections depending on the size, weight, fragility, etc. of a specific object.

Qualifications:

University graduation in a related field (Museum studies, Collections management, Cultural resource management,etc.)plus five years related experience; or equivalent as described below.

Equivalency:
Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of: 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or 1 year of experience for 1 year of education

Master's Degree in a similar field is an asset.
A demonstrated working knowledge of collections management practices including storage logistics, basic preservation standards, documentation and record keeping, and understanding of acquisition, deaccessioning and loan processes.
Experience and skills in collections material handling techniques including the movement of artifacts, use of ma