Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.
Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.
That's why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it's why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.
We are looking for a Conservation Science Fellow to join our team based at Rangers House, London. The role is full time and fixed term of 20 months. You'll be on a fixed term, full time basis, working 36 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary from £34,803, depending on skills and experience
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years
- Matched pension contributions up to 10%
- Flexible hours
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
- Apprenticeship opportunities
- Subscriptions to professional bodies
- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members
- 25% discount in our shops and cafes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
- Options to buy additional leave
- An inclusive working atmosphere everybody is supported from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs
- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music and history events
This is a great opportunity for a recently qualified or early stage researcher to work on an important, high profile international project.
As conservation science fellow, you will undertake research in the international Go-Green project, Green Strategies to Conserve The Past And Preserve The Future Of Cultural Heritage. Specifically manage and deliver a series of experiments to develop damage functions and analytical regimes to reduce the carbon footprint of preventive conservation.
You will lead on analysing samples from a series of exposure experiments across EH sites and internationally, developing damage functions for glasses, steel and stone. The results will be used to develop damage functions. You will investigate poulticing and ion chromatography, FTIR/NIR analysis of salts and clays in stone and wall paintings.
To be considered as a conservation science fellow, you'll need:
A first degree or postgraduate qualification in conservation science, physical sciences or conservation or equivalent research experience.
Experience of scientific research
Current understanding of metal, stone or glass deterioration and preventive conservation.
Proven ability to operate and interpret analytical techniques.
Interviews will be held on 18th Feb - on MS Teams.
We are happy to talk about how best we can accommodate your needs within the requirements of the research. If you would like to talk to us e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact David Thickett, Senior Conservation Scientist on 07770397964 or David.Thickett@english-heritage.org.uk No agencies please.
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Everybody's welcome at English Heritage
Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England's heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We're looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we're committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.