Job details Job reference: 2025R000464 Date posted: 09/01/2026 Application closing date: 25/01/2026 Location: Corporate Headquarters, Cultra Salary: £47,304 - £49,515 pro rata, per annum Package: NICS pension leave entitlement Contractual hours: 37 Basis: Full time Job category/type: Collections Services Collections Care Manger (Preventive Conservation) National Museums NI is a leading cultural institution and is responsible for ensuring that its significant collection is developed, cared for and accessible to the widest possible audience. Almost one million people enjoy our four museums each year, and through loans, research, community activity and digital programmes we engage a much wider audience than those who physically visit our museums. We believe that our museums can play an important and valuable role at the heart of society. Through our work we preserve, protect and promote the regions cultural assets, knowledge and collective memory. We provide shared and trusted spaces to explore who we are, where we have come from and where we might be going. We engage and work in partnership with the public to share stories and care for and present a vast range of objects bringing important cultural, educational, social and scientific ideas to life. We unite the past, present and future; enhance health and well-being; make places more attractive to live in, work and visit; and, create positive economic impact. We inspire present and future generations of pioneers, designers, makers and community leaders. Our museums are loved and trusted public institutions: they provide joy, prompt reflection, and foster curiosity about the world around us. The Collections Care Manager will support the development and delivery of an integrated and pragmatic approach to the preventive care and management of collections within National Museums NI. The Collections Services Department has a Collections Care team, which is focused on the management of Preventive conservation, and a Conservation Team which has a focus on the management of interventive conservation. Both teams will be led by a qualified senior manager which will work in partnership to manage the conservation and collections care requirements for the organisation. The post-holder will manage the Collections Care Preventive Conservation Team across all museums and collections stores. The Collections Care Team consists of 3 preventive conservators who will be will be responsible for developing and implementing the strategic management of collection care across all preventative conservation disciplines, including environmental monitoring and control, integrated pest management, hazardous collection management, collections storage standards and emergency salvage and planning. The post-holder and their team will support the exhibition and loans program, collections storage projects and capital program development projects across all sites. In collaboration and partnership with the Conservation Team, the Collections Care team will be responsible for the delivery of the Museums Collections Care and Conservation Strategy, preventive conservation strategies and a high standard of collection risk management according to the Collections Care Plan. Please see attached Candidate Information Pack for more information. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process, click the Apply button below to Login/Register.