Textile Conservation Lab Administrator

TEXTILE CONSERVATION LABORATORY

POSITION:ADMINISTRATOR

The part-time administrator provides crucial administrative support to the Cathedral’s Textile Conservation Lab, ensuring its smooth operation and enabling the Lab’s conservators to focus on marketing the Lab’s services and the timely completion of textile restoration projects.

Responsibilities

Manages the administrative side of every project, from contract to obtaining deposits to final invoicing

Handles general correspondence, e-mail, and phone calls

Maintains and organizes physical and digital files and records

Processes requisitions and invoices for supplies and equipment

Manages inventory of conservation and cleaning materials and orders new supplies as needed

Coordinates with Cathedral Facilities staff for Textile Conservation Lab maintenance and repairs

Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as museum studies, art history or art administration is preferred.

Experience with managing and tracking invoices

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Knowledge of textile restoration is beneficial, but not required

Hours

This is a part-time (8 hours per week) position. Some flexibility on when the hours are worked is assumed.

To apply: please contact Lcortorreal@stjohndivine.org

Compensation: $20-25/hr, commensurate with experience