Collections Access Officer

Collections Access Officers - Several part time roles, 4 and 3 x days p/w, requiring Saturday and Sunday working

We are looking for individuals who are excited by the opportunity to bring the V&A's revolutionary new Order an Object service to life, engaging with visitors directly to provide unprecedented access to our collections.

You will deliver the Service, guiding visitors throughout their journey, working closely with the Senior Collections Access Officers to ensure exceptional experiences for everyone.

You will carry out a range of collection care activities, including working with collections management systems and undertaking the handling and movement of objects, working with colleagues across the organisation to deliver unparalleled access to the V&A's collections not on display, whilst ensuring their safety and care.

V&A East Storehouse is a unique new museum experience opening up the V&A collection to everyone. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the V&A as an integral part of our Collections Access team working to deliver easy, safe, meaningful and equitable access to collections for all.

We are looking to make several appointments for part time roles 4 and 3 days a week, two days of which will be Saturday and Sunday plus one or two other flexible day.

For more information, please read the attached job description.

The V&A is the world's leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience. We strive to make the V&A matter to more people and in that context we work to the following six strategic objectives:

• To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
• Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
• Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact.
• To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
• Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
• Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.