Collections Storage Officer

Benefits

• Generous pension scheme
• 29 days plus bank holidays
• Flexible working
• Tickets to V&A exhibitions
• Subsidised staff canteen
• 25% discount in V&A shops
• Give as you earn scheme
• Bicycle loan
• Interest‑free season ticket
• Interest‑free rental deposit loan
• Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike
• Wide range of training and professional development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff diversity networks

Salary: £30,000

Location: Cromwell Road, London

Contract: Fixed Term, Full Time, until 31 March 2028

Final date to receive applications: 7 days from posting

The V&A is undertaking a two‑year project to review our stored collections, improving documentation, care and accountability, re‑organising off‑site and on‑site storage, and reviewing long‑term loans.

We are recruiting a fixed‑term Collections Storage Officer to form part of a small project team, working alongside specialist teams from across the V&A.

• Carry out collections storage‑related activities across multiple V&A London sites and off‑site stores.
• Supervise and work alongside external contractors to undertake object movement and transport as part of storage reorganisation work.
• Undertake object handling and packing, ensuring objects are packed and stored in accordance with collections care standards.
• Oversee object location control and accountability.
• Manage and prioritise multiple tasks across sites, traveling to off‑site stores.

• Experience of practical work with a museum collection or archive, including object handling.
• Experience using a collections management system or digital asset management system.
• Ability to lift and carry, work comfortably at height, and operate in a museum store environment.
• Significant interpersonal skills and flexibility to work across sites.

At The V&A, We Are Committed To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion (EDI) For All and strive to go above and beyond the public duty placed upon us by the Equality Act 2010. We are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2 and offer guaranteed interviews for applicants with a disability who meet the criteria.

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