Jobs and opps

WHO: candidates with a strong national and international reputation for scholarship in a field relevant to the collections of the V&A

WHAT: Head of Research - Victoria and Albert Museum

PAYMENTS: circa £55,000 pa

DETAILS: the V&A Research Department facilitates, promotes and conducts research across all areas of the Museum's work, with a strong emphasis on object-focussed collections research. It also delivers the respected V&A/RCA Postgraduate Programme in the History of Design and the Decorative Arts in collaboration with the Royal College of Art., the successful candidate will lead a department of some six permanent staff, eleven seconded V&A staff working on projects and exhibitions, around fifteen visiting fellows and exchange scholars, and a varying number of collaborative doctoral students. The Head of Research will build on the reputation and achievements of the department to develop project-based research within the museum. Your department will play a central and vital role in the Museum's exhibition, publication, and digital programmes. The postholder will enhance the V&A's reputation for excellence in scholarship and research and will play a leading part in preparing applications for grants to funding bodies and foundations. Applicants will have the confidence and experience necessary to represent the Museum effectively, and to provide strategic leadership for the department.

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Deadline: 2 October 2011 ** Deadline expired**

Organiser/employer: Victoria & Albert Museum

[ Added on 6 September 2011 ]