IRC175080 - Senior Collections & House Officer

IRC175080 - Senior Collections & House Officer

National Trust Closing date: Sun, 17 May 2026

Artform: Charity
Role: Creative
Contract: Contract
South East

Fri, 08 May 2026 "> published -

Job Summary

We’re looking for a Senior Collections and House Officer who can help to create memorable experiences for all visitors as well as championing the care of important collections at Standen. This role is Fixed Term, full time (37.5 hrs pw to 29/02/28), and the salary is £28,993 per annum.

Job Description

What it's like to work here
Standen is an arts and crafts family home set in a beautiful hillside garden. The strong arts and crafts offering includes varied exhibitions, a contemporary arts programme and collaborations with local artists. This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive team in an ever-growing location. Standen is jam-packed with borders providing lots of ideas for visitors gardens at home. The plant shop sells plants grown in the nursery and seasonal kitchen garden produce is available to buy.
Reporting to the Property Experience Curator, you will be part of a creative and passionate team who develop exciting visitor experiences.

Job Requirements

Who we're looking for
We'd love to hear from you if you're:

a skilled leader of people, with experience of managing and working with volunteers
experienced in caring for collections in a historic setting, with knowledge of collections management systems
familiar with preventative conservation and how to apply it, both practically and strategically, through programmes of routine and deep cleaning
aware of health and safety and emergency procedures
highly organised, with a strong attention to detail
confident in communicating with all kinds of people.

Job Responsibilities

What you'll be doing
You'll manage a team of collections assistants and volunteers to conserve and clean the house and its collections. You'll be responsible for the daily opening of the house, making sure you have the people in place to provide a consistently high-quality experience for visitors. You'll also be responsible for attaining excellent standards of care, and for the planning and running of conservation projects.

You'll be collecting and recording data, and using preventative conservation, to help our understanding and how best to conserve, interpret and present the house and its collections.

You'll be assisting in creating creative experiences for our visitors.

You'll lead by example to embed a culture of excellent customer care, welcoming and introducing visitors to the work of your team here and the wider conservation work of the National Trust.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: IRC175080 - Senior Collections & House Officer
  • Salary: £25k-£30k
  • Hours: Full time
  • Artform: Charity
  • Role: Creative
  • Contract: Contract
  • Closing date: Sun, 17 May 2026
  • Location:
    South East
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Job: IRC175080 - Senior Collections & House Officer

Job: IRC175080 - Senior Collections & House Officer

Organisation: National Trust

Postcode: RH19 4NE

How to Apply

Please apply before the closing date 17.05.2026 at 23.59pm Sunday. Please apply directly via the National Trust website - https://careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/#/vacancy-detail/175080
We don't accept applications via email.