Collections Officer (Documentation)

The Tank Museum is looking for a Collections Officer (Documentation). This role will be responsible for all museum documentation and will be offered training and other opportunities to eventually develop into the position of Registrar.

The Tank Museum is the world’s largest museum dedicated to armoured fighting vehicles and is the home of over 350 vehicles, a large object collection and an accredited archive. The Tank Museum's entire Collection has been Designated by Arts Council England, in recognition of its outstanding national importance.

Within the Tank Museum, The Archive & Object Collections team manages and cares for both the Archive & Object Collections. The Collections Officer (Documentation) will be a key part of this team with the responsibility of overseeing the documentation of items entering or leaving the collection, either permanently or on loan.

Although the Collections Officer (Documentation) role sits within the Archive & Object Collections team, it supports all three of the Museum’s collections; Archive, Objects and Vehicles.

Key Accountabilities

• To manage correspondence with donors and other museums regarding donations, loans and disposals.
• To manage the acquisition, loans and disposal processes to Spectrum standards, including the documentation on paper and on our MuseumsIndex+ collections management system, Tracer.
• To work closely together with colleagues from all collections teams to make sure that documentation procedures are followed.
• To manage the museum’s historical collection documentation records and respond to internal information requests from these records.
• To assist with ongoing and new cataloguing projects as required.