Jobs
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The National Archives
The Senior Digital Archivist for Transfer will act as the focal point for all Digital Transfer activities and will take responsibility for ensuring this critical area is positively led and visible.
Date posted: 23/04/2024
Deadline: 07/05/2024
Location:
Kew, RichmondCategory:
ArchivistDigital
Salary:
£40,000 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02039855979
Royal Museums Greenwich
Are you a great communicator with excellent customer service experience and an enthusiasm for learning new skills? We are looking for new Visitor and Sales Assistants to join the team across our unique sites.
Date posted: 01/05/2024
Deadline: 07/05/2024
Location:
Greenwich, SE10 9NFCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£23,167 pro rataContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02083128565
Imperial War Museums
• Your role will be to provide general administrative and operational support to your team and to help them achieve the department’s objectives and meet their KPIs.
Date posted: 28/03/2024
Deadline: 07/05/2024
Location:
IWM DuxfordCategory:
Collections CareSalary:
£22,500.00Contract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0207 416 3186
Royal Museums Greenwich
This is an exciting opportunity for a new Senior People Partner to join the People and Culture team at Royal Museums Greenwich.
Date posted: 04/04/2024
Deadline: 07/05/2024
Location:
SE10 9NFCategory:
HRSalary:
50,925Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
+442083128565
Imperial War Museums
The purpose of the job is to plan and manage collection care programmes at all of IWM’s five branches or at local venues. This will include overseeing external conservation contracts and managing a team of conservation technicians.
Date posted: 17/04/2024
Deadline: 07/05/2024
Location:
London or CambridgeshireCategory:
Senior managementSalary:
£40,000 - £43,000Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0207 416 3186
Tate
We are looking for someone to deliver outstanding loyalty marketing strategies to engage Tate Members, drive gallery attendance, increase revenue and develop lasting engagement with our audiences.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Membership team at one of the world’s leading art institutions.
Date posted: 19/04/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
LondonCategory:
MarketingSalary:
£40,000Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02078874997
British Museum
Full-time 41 hours per week
Fixed-term until 31 March 2025
£25,575 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 6 May 2024
Date posted: 22/04/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
ReadingCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£25,575 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7323 8272
Royal Air Force Museum
The Royal Air Force Museum is a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity, with two sister sites at London and Midlands.
Date posted: 22/04/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
MidlandsCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£7,368.05Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Part timeTelephone:
02082052266
British Museum
Management Accountant
Finance
Full-time
Permanent
£46,742 - £51,088 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Monday 6 May 2024
Date posted: 22/04/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
BloomsburyCategory:
FinancialSalary:
£46,742 - £51,088 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 73238396
National Galleries Scotland
Salary £25,081 per annum pro rata (£12.99 per hour)
Plus generous benefits package
Date posted: 25/04/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
EdinburghCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£25,081 per annum pro rataContract type:
TemporaryHours:
Part timeTelephone:
01316246298Museum of London
We have embarked on an extraordinary journey to create a new museum for London. It will sit in atmospheric former market buildings, at the heart of one of the capital’s most historic and creative quarters, Smithfield. The New Museum project is one of the largest cultural projects in Europe and will transform the museum, Smithfield and the City of London.
Date posted: 26/03/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
LondonCategory:
Collections CareOther
Salary:
Circa £55,000 per annum plus benefitsContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0207 814 5611
British Museum
Project Curator: Archaeological Assemblages
Collection Projects and Resources
Full-time
Fixed term (12 months)
£28,868 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Monday 6th May 2024
Date posted: 05/04/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
ReadingCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£28,868 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02073238165
Tate
Exciting opportunity for a Paper Conservator to join our acquisitions team!
Date posted: 05/04/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
LondonCategory:
Collections CareConservation
Salary:
£37,567Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7887 8888
British Museum
Project Curator: Archaeological assemblages and site archives
Collection Projects and Resources
Full-time
Fixed term (12 months)
£33,803 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Monday 6th May 2024
Date posted: 05/04/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
ReadingCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£33,803 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02073238165
Imperial War Museums
You will lead the team who will plan and deliver documentation and object movement to enable an £8m collection storage and staff accommodation project. The project aim is to improve standards for collection care and to modernise our ways of working as well as delivering capital spend to set timetables.
Date posted: 15/04/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
Duxford, CambridgeshireCategory:
OtherSalary:
£40,500 per annum (£36,300.00 pro rata per annum)Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0207 416 3168
British Museum
Assistant Finds Adviser
Learning and National Partnerships
41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Fixed Term Contract, 9 months
£28,868 per annum/ pro rata
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 06 May 2024
Date posted: 17/04/2024
Deadline: 06/05/2024
Location:
londonCategory:
Collections CareEducation
Salary:
£28,868Contract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02073238864
Tate
Come and work with us on Tate’s Major Gifts team!
Date posted: 18/04/2024
Deadline: 05/05/2024
Location:
LondonCategory:
AdministrationFundraising / development
Salary:
£30,848 per annumContract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02078874997
British Library
Seize an exciting to join the British Library's dynamic Business Development and Licensing Team as a Digitisation Project Manager.
Date posted: 22/04/2024
Deadline: 05/05/2024
Location:
St Pancras/ Boston SpaCategory:
Buildings and facilitiesDigital
Salary:
£37,538 BSP/ £40,95- STPContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
01937882040
National Library of Scotland
29.6 hours per week, salary £30,607 (£24,485 pro-rata) per annum, fixed term maternity cover from mid July 2024 to mid July 2025, Civil Service Pension and based in Edinburgh.
Date posted: 23/04/2024
Deadline: 05/05/2024
Location:
EdinburghCategory:
AdministrationLibrarian
Other
Salary:
24,485Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Part timeTelephone:
1031 623 3718
National Gallery
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and efficient Travel Trade & Events Co-ordinator to join the National Gallery - as we celebrate our bicentenary year with a programme of high-profile exhibitions, and look ahead to the reopening of the Sainsbury Wing in Spring 2025 with newly designed event spaces.
Date posted: 25/04/2024
Deadline: 05/05/2024
Location:
LondonCategory:
EventsSalary:
£28k - 32k per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
2479