Assistant Collections Registrar, ARTIST ROOMS

As Assistant Collection Registrar, ARTIST ROOMS you will support and coordinate across all aspects of registrarial procedures, spending varied days delivering across loans out, long loans in, documentation, movement, and collection information management, in accordance with National Galleries Scotland and Tate policies and to national museum standards

Your experience in a museum environment, proven organisation and planning skills, excellent team working skills and collegiate approach as well as the ability to solve problems pragmatically and through negotiation, prioritising the care of works sets you apart. You have a positive, flexible approach, and enjoyment of working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams and with external partners. You are able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines whilst retaining excellent attention to detail and have the ability and willingness to travel to Edinburgh and partner venues on a regular basis.

Above everything, you will be excited by the challenge of this rewarding role and the contribution you can make towards the realisation of the ARTIST ROOMS programme.

ARTIST ROOMS is a touring collection of international modern and contemporary art jointly owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. The collection reaches audiences across the UK through a national exhibition programme – over 60 million people have visited some 200 ARTIST ROOMS exhibitions that have been shown in museums and galleries across the UK, from Penzance to the Hebrides, and from Belfast to Llandudno over the last decade. We see access to art for everyone as a universal human right and want to welcome audiences that reflect the towns and cities in our nation. ARTIST ROOMS continues to grow and diversify, introducing new artists, collaborations, partnerships and co-produced projects. Touring initiatives enable the national collections to be shared in different ways, from single-venue exhibitions to multi-site touring packages, engaging with large and small organisations in very different contexts, recognising their different needs and those of their audiences. We look for the impact that imaginative collaborations can have on individuals, communities and organisations, and how these enrich the work of National Galleries of Scotland and Tate.

ARTIST ROOMS is operating in an exciting phase, which will see, over the next few years, a shift change in how we work, how we manage the collection and programme and how we provide access to the collection. The catalyst for this is National Galleries of Scotland’s transformative initiative The Art Works, which enables the widest possible access to art to inspire and improve wellbeing and enable more people to enjoy the national collection. The Art Works is a new state-of-the-art home for the national collection, which includes the ARTIST ROOMS collection. The Art Works will also deliver significant wider economic, local community and national benefits. As The Arts Works comes closer to realisation there is a desire to increase operational and collections management presence at National Galleries of Scotland. This role is therefore offered as a fixed term contract based at Tate Modern. Following this period, the aspiration is to rebalance resources between the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate, with a commitment to recruiting a role, to be based in Edinburgh.

This position is offered on a fixed term basis for 22 months.

Interviews for this role will take place on Thursday 16 October.

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