Museum Trainee (Conservation), Hong Kong Palace Museum

The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) is a dedicated museum that showcases the exquisite artefacts from Palace Museum’s collections and collaborates with other museums in research, exhibitions, education and public programmes. The museum comprises 7 800 square metres of gallery space for standing and special exhibitions on Palace Museum’s collections of paintings, calligraphy, antiquities and historical objects, as well as thematic displays on world cultures and civilisations.

The Museum Trainee Programme aims at nurturing museum professionals for Hong Kong. Successful applicants will receive on-the-job training in museum conservation under professional guidance.

You will be:

• trained at designated museums or offices in venue management, conservation, collection management and organisation of different kinds of programmes (such as exhibitions and education programmes); and
• required to work 44 hours per week and may have to work irregular hours, on weekends and/or public holidays.

You should:

• be permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the time of appointment unless specified otherwise;
• have a bachelor’s degree from a university in Hong Kong, or equivalent, majoring in a relevant subject of Conservation, Applied Chemistry / Chemistry, Materials Science, Materials Engineering, or equivalent [see Note (1)]; and
• have met the language proficiency requirements of ‘Level 2’ result in the Use of English (UE) paper and ‘Level 1’ result in the Use of Chinese (UC) paper in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent [see Notes (4)].

Notes:

1. Applicants should state clearly in their applications the major(s) of their bachelor degrees. Failing to indicate such information will render the application unsuccessful.

2. Applicants without the requisite academic qualification stated in entry requirement (a), but with a view to obtaining the requisite qualification in the 2025/26 academic year may also apply; if selected, appointment will be subject to their obtaining the requisite academic qualification within the 2025/26 academic year. Applicants who are invited for selection interview will be required to produce the original copies of the official transcripts, certificates and the results in the CRE for verification and photocopies for record purposes. The application will be deemed unsuccessful if any applicant fails to produce the original copies of the required document for verification. The results of the UC and UE papers in the CRE are classified as ‘Level 2’, ‘Level 1’ or Fail, with ‘Level 2’ being the highest.

3. Level 4 in Chinese Language of the HKDSEE; or Grade D in Chinese Language and Culture or Chinese Language and Literature of the HKALE, are accepted as equivalent to ‘Level 1’ in the UC paper of the CRE.

4. Level 5 or above in English Language of the HKDSEE; or Grade C or above in Use of English of the HKALE; or Grade C or above in English Language of the General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) (GCE A Level), are accepted as equivalent to ‘Level 2’ in the UE paper of the CRE. Applicants with an overall band of 6.5 or above with no subtest score below band 6 obtained in the same sitting in the Academic Module of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) within the two-year validity period of the test result are accepted as equivalent to ‘Level 2’ in the UE paper of the CRE. The IELTS test result must be valid on any date during the application period.

5. Serving and former – Non-civil Service Contract Trainees of LCSD (inclusive of Arts Administrator Trainees, Museum Trainees, Stage Management Trainees and Public Relations/Arts Marketing Trainees); Arts Administrator Trainees of LCSD Venue Partners and the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society; or local interns trained by arts organisations under the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (“HKADC”)'s Training Schemes (inclusive of the Arts Administration Internship Scheme, the HKADC Arts Administration Internship Scheme and the Arts Production Internship Scheme); will not be considered.

Terms of Appointment:

· Successful applicants will be appointed on a non-renewable contract for a period up to 31 March 2028 on Non-civil Service Contract Terms. Museum Trainees are subject to the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Cap. 485).

For interested parties, please submit your application with detailed CV on or before following date. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. The review of applications will continue until post is filled.

02-09-2026

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All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards.

For more information, please visit https://www.westk.hk or contact:

Shelia Ng /+852 22000212