Mechanic Required
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This mechanical role will be responsible for leading a small diverse team of staff and volunteers, carrying out conservation and maintenance of the ship, structure and fittings.
Your duties will include:
Object restoration and conservation: Planning and developing specific restoration/conservation project work and identifying necessary project components; conducting conditions surveys and working in collaboration with project stakeholders.
Supervision: Supervising any Technicians, Volunteers and Work Experience students and ensuring that work carried out under their control is performed in accordance with the relevant Health and Safety Regulations.
Technical areas: Advising on general health and safety requirements or potential issues in this area.
Conservation support equipment: Liaising with the Conservation Manager to advise on future requirements or any short comings. Carrying out pre-use inspections on equipment they intend to use.
Research: Learning about objects to ensure historical accuracy of the conservation work. Maintaining logs and records of such research.
Visitor Experience: Engaging with the public to explain what conservation work is being done and why, and the object’s historical origins, whilst maintaining a helpful demeanour.
Conservation records: Maintaining comprehensive written and photographic records of restoration/conservation work carried out, ensuring all files are kept up to date.
For a full list of duties and the person specification (which your application will be marked against) please view the Job Description.
April 1st 2024, 9:00 AM
Interviews for this post are planned for the w/c 9th April 2024
The benefits listed below are discretionary and IWM reserves the right, with due notice, to vary or withdraw them at any time. All such benefits apply during the course of your employment only.
- Our generous full-time equivalent annual leave allowance is 25 days per annum plus public holidays rising to 27 days after 3 years and 30 after 5 years.
- IWM is a member of the Civil Service Pension Scheme. Employer pension contributions to the civil service pension scheme vary but are normally between 20% - 24.5% dependent on salary and length of service.
- Access to select a range of benefits to suit your personal circumstances and lifestyle via our benefits platform, IWM4me. IWM4me offers IWM staff a wide range of health, protection, and lifestyle benefits, many at corporate rates not available on the high street.
- Free sanitary products provided at all sites.
- An interest free season ticket loan scheme after successful completion of the probationary period.
- 20% discount in IWM’s shops.
- 25% discount in IWM’s cafes.
- Free entry to the majority of Air shows at IWM Duxford.
- Free entry to a large number of other museums & galleries and their exhibitions which we have reciprocal arrangements with.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits linked to length of service.
- Access to our in-house training programmes and development.
- IWM staff are entitled to membership of the Benenden Healthcare Society (subject to their terms & conditions.
- Eligibility to join the Civil Service Sports Club, securing additional discounts and benefits.
- Cycle 2 Work Scheme.
- Access to social events run by groups with IWM.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This role is subject to:
A basic check, which shows unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
IWM is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunities.
We miss out when people feel IWM isn't for them, and are committed to removing and reducing barriers to make IWM open to everyone.
Our Access and Inclusion strategy has been developed to promote openness, equal opportunities to access, inclusivity and encourage diversity in everything that we do, from employment practices, the services we provide to our visitors to the facilities we make available to public.
At IWM we seek to address the need for greater diversity within our workforce as well as the wider museum and heritage sector. In all our practices we embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity and we welcome applications from suitable candidates of all backgrounds.
This opportunity is closed to applications.