We are now seeking a Director of Conservation and Collections Care & Access who will provide visionary and strong leadership for a wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary division, bringing together the expertise of the Conservation, Collections Care & Access and Technical Services teams, to support the management, care and display of the V&A’s collections as we move towards a multi-site museum. The post-holder will operate across several sites, leading an efficient, creative, effective and high-quality professional service, supporting those stakeholders across the museum that depend on the division’s services and collaboration. An ability to bring innovative thinking to a complex department, and to successfully introduce and manage change, will be crucial in the years ahead.

By 2024 the V&A will have moved its entire reserve collection from Blythe House in West London to a new Collections and Research Centre (CRC) at Here East in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford. This unprecedented opportunity to consolidate our collections is pivotal to the V&A’s ambitious plans for the CRC. It will provide the opportunity to radically rethink the V&A’s approach to Conservation and Collections Care & Access, and to deliver an open-access philosophy through a visitor-centered experience at the CRC.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 27 September at 23:59.

Interview dates will be confirmed.