UCL is London’s global university. LCCOS – Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science – provides outstanding staff, services and resources to support the world-class research, education and enterprise that is undertaken in UCL, and connects the world with UCL through innovative programming and engagement activities. LCCOS is acknowledged as an international leader in Open Science and Scholarship. The LCCOS family comprises 3 museums and allied object collections, 14 libraries, the UCL Student Centre, Special Collections facilities, multiple additional learning spaces, the Bloomsbury Theatre and a substantial off-site storage facility. We also provide comprehensive services to healthcare staff through our partnerships with 6 NHS Trusts. LCCOS holds the UK Customer Service Excellence (CSE) Award, The National Archives (TNA) Archives Service Accreditation, and Arts Council England Museum Accreditation. The combined staff in UCL LCCOS totals around 440.
LCCOS is part of the Office of the UCL Vice-Provost (Faculties). The Museums and Cultural Programmes team co-creates research-driven events, exhibitions and public art projects with students, researchers and local communities.
To provide collections care and curatorial assistance across the Science Collections and assist with teaching and research requirements. The role holder will work with the wider Museums and Cultural Programmes team on collections wide projects when required. The post holder will be required to work at the Royal Free Hospital Campus and main Bloomsbury campus, given the location of the museum collections. There is no line management responsibility for this post.
We are looking for candidates who in particular have the following experience and skills:
Further details:
The advert will close on the published date at 23:59 GMT. However, we may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Interviews will be held at UCL Pathology Museum. A job description and person specification can be accessed from the link at the bottom of this page. To apply, please provide:
If you have any queries about the role or have any queries about the application process, please contact lccos-jobs@ucl.ac.uk, quoting the job title and reference number.
Further information about UCL LCCOS can be found on our website https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/
The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
41 days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days), Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme, Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE), Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan, On-Site nursery, On-site gym, Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay, Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service, Discounted medical insurance.
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department is working towards an Athena SWAN award. We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/