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Senior Conservation Scientist, Hcc
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The Heritage Conservation Centre (HCC) is an institution of the National Heritage Board (NHB). It is a purpose-built facility for the storage and conservation of the National Collection comprising artworks and artefacts. Its mission is to care for, manage and facilitate access to the National Collection. Working in close collaboration with the Chief Conservator/ Deputy Director of Conservation Services Department and reporting to the Head of Conservation Science/ Senior Assistant Director, you will work in the Conservation Science Lab.
You will be responsible for developing conservation science research and programmes in support of HCC’s new research strategies addressing the sustainable use and care of the growing National Collection in Singapore. You will join a larger team of 35 over conservators that includes conservators of paintings, objects, paper, têxtiles, and a conservation scientist. You will be expected to possess research/ analysis experience applicable to a wide range of historical and contemporary heritage and conservation materials both organic and inorganic alongside their respective ageing behaviours; to be a strong team-player enjoying working in a collaborative manner and show initiative and resourcefulness in handling difficult and unusual analytical problems. Research areas include technical analysis of artefacts and their treatment methods, the understanding of their aging behaviour and how to reduce the rate of associated material deterioration. It encompasses selecting most appropriate, preferably non-destructive, and portable techniques of analysis and exploring most relevant methods to process, enhance, interpret, and share data obtained.
Working in close collaboration with the other members of the Conservation Science lab, the key job responsibilities are described as follows:
**Responsibilities**:
- Devise and implement research projects that permit creating sustainable and pragmatic storage, preservation and conservation solutions factoring in the regional context and collection needs while working collegially with conservators and appropriate external stakeholders. This includes designing, contributing, and coordinating technical studies of the National Collection, conservation materials or techniques, while working with HCC and/ or NHB staff members (including curators, collection managers and facility managers), academic and other museum scientists. It also encompasses disseminating the results obtained and associated knowledge by participating in the writing of papers for publication in art historical, conservation, or scientific journals or in the oral presentation during relevant conferences.
- Conduct analyses for the study of the National Collections and its care to support the needs of the various conservation sections alongside the HCC’s cross-department working groups focusing on preventive conservation and material testing. Techniques include but are not limited to 2D and 3D technical imaging.
- Develop and/ or optimise analytical capability to study physical and chemical properties including ageing behaviour of materials pertaining to the National Collections and its care. Techniques include but are not limited to acoustic emission testing, spectroscopy (FTIR, Raman), mechanical testing (universal testing machines, tensile strength meter), thermal and mass analysis (TGA/ DSC), surface and appearance measurements.
- Initiate and/ or contribute to fundraising effort to support research projects of various sizes, involving collaboration with diverse external and/ or internal stakeholders at local, regional, and international levels.
- Instruct and supervise fellows, interns, and students in understanding and performing materials analysis and/ or research projects on the collection.
- Effectively communicate the work of conservation science to both professional colleagues and non-technical audiences through tours, lectures, web content, and video.
**Requirements**:
- Ph.D. or Masters in Conservation Science, Chemistry or other physical science. Applicants who may not have the required qualifications but have relevant work experience will be considered.
- Be a curious, innovative, enthusiastic, problem-solving, and open-minded individual enjoying working on complex issues in collaboration with a team of specialists with diverse perspectives. Commitment to developing sustainable approach to work and solution would be highly valued.
- Experience with relevant protocols for characterising and monitoring physical and chemical properties of materials and their ageing behaviour.
- Working knowledge in instrumentation and adequate development for non-destructive analyses. Familiarity with instrumentation in conservation science such as, but not limited to various type of microscopy, technical imaging, SEM-EDS, FTIR, Raman, Py-GC/MS, LC/MS, XRF, XRD, etc.
- Ability to analyse data, prepare technical reports and communicate results to stakeholders and to collaborate ef
