Senior Museum Collections Manager

About Naseej

Naseej is a technology company specializing in digital transformation for learning and knowledge management. With nearly 36 years of experience, Naseej operates across the MENA region and is a market leader in E-Learning, Edu-Tech, and Digital Transformation. The company focuses on enabling customers to provide rich user experiences and adapt to evolving technology landscapes while reducing technical burdens.

The Role: Senior Museum Collections Manager

Naseej is seeking an experienced Senior Museum Collections Manager for a contract assignment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This role requires 5-10 years of experience, specifically within international museum or cultural heritage contexts. The successful candidate will lead collections management activities for a museum collections care and conservation project, coordinating object prioritization, documentation, tracking, and collections care. This position involves close collaboration with museum representatives, project teams, specialist conservators, and art handlers.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and validate existing inventories, object identifiers, documentation, and physical locations.
• Collaborate with museum representatives and conservators to select and prioritize objects for assessment and conservation.
• Maintain a comprehensive object register, tracking locations, condition assessment status, conservation progress, and outstanding actions.
• Coordinate object access and readiness for condition surveys and conservation activities.
• Ensure collections records, photographs, and supporting documentation are accurate, consistent, and complete.
• Coordinate object movement, packing, unpacking, and handovers with art handlers and conservators, maintaining traceable records.
• Monitor storage and handling arrangements, identify collections care risks, and coordinate appropriate action with specialists.
• Coordinate approved specialist services and ensure activities align with the project schedule and collections care requirements.
• Provide regular progress reports, highlighting risks, documentation gaps, and decisions required.
• Prepare final collections records, handover documentation, and recommendations for ongoing care.
• Oversee coordination and related collections documentation for specialist conservation assessments and treatments carried out by appointed conservators.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Museum Studies, Collections Management, Conservation, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience with internationally recognized museums, cultural institutions, or international heritage projects.
• Experience independently leading collections activities and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• Practical experience with mixed-material collections, inventories, cataloguing, location control, and object movement documentation.
• Sound understanding of preventive conservation, safe handling, storage, and packing practices.
• Experience coordinating condition surveys, conservation programs, or comparable collections projects.

Work Environment and Assignment Details

This is a contract position based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The role requires the candidate to be based at the museum location for the full six-month assignment. The Collections Manager will work closely with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure the successful execution of collections care and conservation objectives.