The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance across multiple sites. The V&A’s Collections Division comprises six curatorial, research, and conservation and collections care & access teams. The curatorial departments are arranged as Decorative Art and Sculpture; Performance, Furniture, Textiles & Fashion; Art, Architecture, Photography & Design; and Asia. Curators are at the heart of the founding purpose of the museum: to care for, research and develop the collections, to exhibit them to the public, to make them available for study and research, and to broaden access to the collections. 

This is one of six Senior Curator posts that sit in the Performance, Furniture, Textiles and Fashion Department. The post holder will take leadership responsibility for the development, care of, documentation and research, presentation, and interpretation of a part of the V&A’s Textiles and Fashion Collection, which is of national and international importance. Curating textile and fashion exhibitions will be an important part of this role, as will managing public programmes including Fashion in Motion, and building and maintaining links to emerging and established practitioners as well as industry leaders and regions and communities underrepresented in our collection. As such, the postholder will be expected to represent the Museum at the highest level and play an active role in the field of textiles and fashion studies, as well as collecting, nationally and internationally.  
 
As a senior member of the PFTF Department, the postholder will also make a significant contribution to the wider work of the V&A, contributing to policy, projects and public programmes, supporting fundraising and income generation, and supporting the Keeper in the running of the Department, including by creating a positive environment, supporting change and a culture of equity and collaboration, and line managing staff and sharing knowledge, expertise and best practice with a wider group of Curators and Assistant Curators to help them develop and perform. The postholder will also play a leadership role in the community of Senior Curators, Curators and Assistant Curators that will span the four curatorial teams.  

Please see the job description attached for full details about this role and the criteria. Note the salary is from £39,546 (legacy terms) or £41,920 (standard terms), rather than this being a set rate - internal promotion rules apply.

This is an internal vacancy open to current V&A employees.

Closing date for all applications is 12 February 2023.

Interviews will likely take place on 23 February 2023.

At the V&A we strive to ensure that opportunities to work and develop at are open to all. We treat all job applications equally, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other equality characteristic. We particularly encourage applications from disabled people and people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, as these groups are currently under-represented in the cultural sector. At the V&A we have a good gender balance however in certain departments, such as IT, we welcome female applicants and, in our exhibitions, or development teams, we welcome male applicants.