Lead Conservation Technician - AR

Position: Lead Conservation Technician - AR60083397
** Agency
* * Dept of Natural and Cultural Resources
** Division
* * Archives , Records
** Job Classification Title
** Museum Technician III (S)
** Position Number
**** Grade
* * NC05

The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) takes care of the things that people love about North Carolina. DNCR manages over 100 locations across the state, including 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, five science museums, four aquariums, 35 state parks, four recreation areas, dozens of state trails and natural areas, the North Carolina Zoo, the State Library, the State Archives, the N.C. Arts Council, the African American Heritage Commission, the American Indian Heritage Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, the Office of State Archaeology, the Highway Historical Markers program, the N.C. Land and Water Fund, and the Natural Heritage Program.

The Department’s vision is to be the leader in using the state's natural and cultural resources to build the social, cultural, educational, and economic future of North Carolina. Everyone is welcome. For more information, please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). We encourage you to apply to become a part of our team!
** Description of Work
** The Lead Conservation Technician works under the general supervision of the Archives Conservator. The Lead Conservation Technician is responsible for performing a variety of basic, intermediate, and advanced treatments on  archival material and participates in a wide range of preservation activities to optimize the long-term care of the State Archives of North Carolina collections. Treatments may include surface cleaning, remediation, humidification, flattening, de-acidification, mending, and stabilizing materials to be digitized.

The Lead Conservation Technician also assists in creating custom housings for archival materials and in preparing and stabilizing materials for exhibitions and loans. The Lead Conservation Technician, under the supervision of the Archives Conservator, designs and constructs protective enclosures, exhibit mounts, supports, and labeling, and manages the storage and inventory of exhibit furniture and supplies. Additionally, the Lead Conservation Technician assists with installation/de-installation of exhibits.

The Lead Conservation Technician, in partnership with the Archives Conservator, liaises with borrowing institutions and internal staff to realize exhibition needs. The Lead Conservation Technician assists the Conservator with managing lab spaces, equipment and supervising conservation interns as needed. The Lead Conservation Technician works with the Conservation Technician to maintain integrated pest management and environmental monitoring practices, and works with the Collections Management Branch Head and Conservator to uphold and improve integrated pest management, environmental monitoring, and disaster planning policy and systems.

The Lead Conservation Technician participates in preservation projects, inventories, and collection surveys to determine conservation or preservation needs for collections.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Prior experience working with rare or valuable book and paper items or museum objects and demonstrated manual dexterity and experience handling fragile or deteriorating library or archival materials.  
• Familiarity with general conservation laboratory procedures and ability to safely use standard conservation laboratory equipment, materials, and supplies.  
• Familiarity with integrated pest management, environmental monitoring, and disaster recovery.  
• Demonstrated knowledge of current conservation and preservation standards, practices, and ethics.  
• Ability to review the work of others, in partnership with the Archives Conservator, as well as work independently and maintain effective working relationships with other agency staff, government officials, and the public.  
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing and distill technical advice.  
• Thorough knowledge of exhibit design, production, and current exhibit techniques in an archive or a museum setting and skills in creative design.
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