Collections Manager

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) Dublin 2, Ireland Education

Company Description

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland is a postgraduate medical training college dedicatedto ensuring that doctors have the skills toprovide patients with the best possible care. Founded in 1654, the college supports doctors to enhance their skills, competencies, and professionalism throughout their working lives.

Through its Faculties and Institutes, The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, offers medical training programmes, examinations, diplomas, and educational courses to equip doctors with the skills and knowledge they need to care for patients and run safe and efficient healthcare systems. It also offers a range of educational diplomas and courses for learners in the wider healthcare sector.

RCPI’s Heritage Centre manages an internationally important collection of archives, printed material and objects relating to the history of medicine and medical education in Ireland. The Heritage Centre is currently engaged in an ambitious plan to open a publicly accessibly medical museum in RCPI’s historic home on Kildare Street. This post will play an important role in preparing the collections for this new museum, ensuring there is an accurate cataloguing of our holdings, identifying material for display and preparing the collections for decant.

Position

Position:Collections Manager

Reporting to:Keeper of Collections

Direct Reports: Collections Assistant

Contract:3 Year Specific Purpose Contract

Post Summary

Duties will involve but are not limited to:

- Planning and delivery of the project to appraise and catalogue our object collections using CALM (collections management system) and Preservica (digital repository)
- Ensuring legislative compliance in the storage of our collections.
- Ensuring that the object collections are stored and managed in line with the Heritage Centre’s polices and the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI) standards.
- Supporting the Keeper of Collections in maintaining MSPI accreditation.
- Assist the Keeper of Collections with the interpretive planning for the new museum.
- Working with the Archivist on the transfer of the collections management software from CALM to Collections.
- Preparing the collections for decant ahead of the building works for the museum.
- Support the delivery of the Heritage Centre’s public engagement and outreach activities.

Requirements

Person Specification:

- The successful applicant will hold a post-graduate qualification in museum practice, collection care, archives or similar
- Have 2-3 years’ experience in a comparable role
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in an organised and productive way, with strong attention to detail.
- Self-starter, highly motivated with the ability to work flexibly on own initiative to achieve goals within agreed timeframes.
- Excellent IT skills, including practical experience of using collection management systems and digital repository systems. Familiarity with CALM and/or Preservica is desirable.
- Communication and Interpersonal
- Attention to Detail
- Stakeholder Management
- IT Literacy

Other information

Why work with us

At the RCPI we value our employees and believe our talented team is the foundation of the Colleges success. That is why we aim to provide them with support and a range of benefits and services to create a work-life balance that suits you.:

Leave:We offer 21 days annual leave with an additional 3-4 college days as well as long service leave to all employees. We also provide support for staff with Maternity, Sick, Parents, and Parental leave.

Wellbeing:AnEmployee Assistance Programme with Spectrum Life is available to all staff members as well as annual flu vaccine.

Pension:A defined contribution pension scheme of 3.33% Employee contribution and 6.66% RCPI contribution is offered to every employee upon completion of probationary period.

Flexible Benefit:Pro-rata €1,000 annual flexible benefit upon completion of a successful probatory period.

Learning & Development: We offer CPD options including study leave and unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning.

Diversity and Inclusion:RCPI recognises the importance of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We were recently awarded a Silver accreditation from Investors in Diversity. We are an open and inclusive organisation that celebrates and welcomes diversity. We lead initiatives that support, promote and demonstrate a culture of mutual respect, inclusivity, and diversity, as outlined in our Diversity and Inclusion policy.

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland is an inclusive employer and in line with our policies you are invited to disclose any reasonable accommodations you require for applying, interviewing or working with RCPI. Please be assured this information will be treated as confidential and not used for the purpose of selection. If you have any queries, please contact Suzann Donnelly at suzanndonnelly@rcpi.ie.

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