Assistant Manager, Collection Management, Hong Kong Palace Museum (Ref: R3552)
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
- Company Industries：Others
Job Information
- Post Date：2022-10-14
- Career Level：Entry Level
- Location：Tsim Sha Tsui
- Yr(s) of Exp：5 years
- Qualification：Degree
- Employment Type：Full Time
- Job Function：Admin & HR Others Media & Advertising Creative / Design Others
Job Description
You will be responsible for:
- handling special and thematic exhibition related registration work and on-site installation management projects;
- assisting in establishing, implementing and managing collection management policies and procedures; the management of Collection Management System (CMS) and ensure data is accurate and up-to-date in collaboration with curators and other parties;
- collaborating with the Curatorial Affairs Section and supporting the acquisition of new objects and maintaining collection documentation;
- observing best practices in all aspects of collection management, documentation (both international and local) and managing the storage space and object movement as well as supervising the detailed planning and project management to ensure the collections are safe and secured with appropriate storage environment;
- overseeing the implementation of effective collection cataloguing and digitisation strategies by collaborating with other relevant parties efficiently;
- following integrated pest management and risk management procedures and responding to reported collection management issues and incidents timely;
- working on collection management procurement projects mainly for planning of the museum’s art storage areas and monitoring the budget to ensure it is well-spent and within the approved budget; and
- performing other duties as assigned by supervisor when deemed necessary.
You should:
Data collected will only be used for job application processing. Your data may be accessed by our appointed recruitment consultants who have agreed to keep confidence of all personal data in not less than the standards applicable to us. Applicants not being invited for interview within 4 weeks from the submission date may assume their applications unsuccessful.
All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards.
- possess a recognised university degree in visual art, art history, cultural heritage management, archives and records management, museum studies or other relevant discipline;
- have at least 5 years of relevant working experience in collection management gained from cultural institutions; familiarity with Chinese antiquities is preferrable;
- have good knowledge of museum standards and best practices in collection management and possess proficiency in collection management softwares. Experience with Collection Management System (CMS) is a plus;
- possess strong organisational, planning and time management skills with the ability to work with tight deadlines, manage and deliver successfully multiple complex projects concurrently and cope well under pressure;
- be able to pay meticulous attention to details and accuracy;
- have strong communicational and diplomatic skills, be able to work collaboratively and build internal and external relationships to achieve goals; and
- possess proficiency in Chinese and English, proficiency in Cantonese or Putonghua is a plus.
Data collected will only be used for job application processing. Your data may be accessed by our appointed recruitment consultants who have agreed to keep confidence of all personal data in not less than the standards applicable to us. Applicants not being invited for interview within 4 weeks from the submission date may assume their applications unsuccessful.
All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards.
Company Info
M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries. In Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, we are building one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world, with a bold ambition to establish ourselves as one of the world’s leading cultural institutions. Our
aim is to create a new kind of museum that reflects our unique time and place, a museum that builds on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.
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