The post-holder works across multiple museums and colleges, providing a tailored service based on expert assessment of needs. They will be a conservator working at or above the level of the Icon UK Accreditation standard, with demonstrable expertise in preventive and interventive conservation for mixed collections. Through care and management of collections and objects cared for by the Conservation Shared Service, the post-holder ensures that a wide range of collections can be made safely accessible for both academic study and public enjoyment: this may be through practical, interventive conservation treatment of objects or through collections care strategies to ensure the objects' long-term preservation.