Volunteer Collection Manager NOC*NSF

Will you help us as a Volunteer Collection Manager for the sports heritage of NOC*NSF?

Sports Heritage Information
Over more than one hundred years of Olympic sport, NOC*NSF has built up a unique collection of sports heritage. This collection consists of thousands of items, documents, photos, posters, medals, sportswear, and other objects relating to national and international elite sport and, in particular, the
Olympic Games.

NOC*NSF has the ambition to preserve this special collection sustainably and ultimately make it accessible in a virtual Olympic museum.

As Collection Manager, you bear responsibility for the physical quality and the sustainable preservation of one of the most important sports heritage collections in the Netherlands. Together with the curator, you develop and monitor the museum quality of the collection and make an important contribution to the preservation of Olympic heritage for future generations.

You will work closely with the curator, registrars, depot manager, and photographer within an enthusiastic volunteer team.

Your activities consist of:

• carrying out preventive conservation work;

• checking and monitoring the physical condition of collection objects;

• identifying and registering damage or risks to the collection;

• advising on safe storage, packaging, and handling of museum objects;

• manufacturing custom supports and protective packaging;

• supervising internal object movements;

• supporting loans, transports, and exhibitions;

• thinking along about improving depot layout and collection care;

• contributing to the further professionalization of collection management.

• mbo+/hbo work and thinking level;

• affinity with museums, cultural heritage, or collection management;

• interest in preventive conservation;

• an accurate, careful, and quality-oriented working attitude;

• good manual dexterity when working with fragile museum objects;

• good command of the Dutch language in speech and writing;

• a practical attitude and sense of responsibility;

• a team player who enjoys collaborating.

Knowledge of preventive conservation, collection management, or collection management systems (such as Adlib or similar systems) is a plus, but not a requirement. We find enthusiasm and eagerness to learn to be at least as important.

Prior to starting the activities, the appointed candidate will request a Certificate of Conduct (VOG).

• activities in accordance with the NOC*NSF volunteer agreement, without a volunteer allowance;

• a commitment to be agreed upon later, averaging one half-day per week;

• reimbursement of actual and demonstrable expenses, such as travel costs;

• an inspiring workplace at the sports heritage depot near the center of Arnhem;

• guidance by an experienced curator;

• the opportunity to gain experience with a unique national sports heritage collection.

For substantive questions about the activities, please call or email Bernard Hilgers at tel. 0610754703 or ben.hilgers@nocnsf.nl. For questions about the application procedure, you can contact HR via marcel.rietveld@nocnsf.nl.

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