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Location:
Manchester, Greater ManchesterCategory:
Buildings and facilitiesOther
Salary:
£32000 - £35000 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
01904 685795Location:
BloomsburyCategory:
ResearchSecurity
Salary:
£40,633 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02073238396British Library
This new role will suit a highly experienced, enthusiastic and driven individual who will take ownership of the operational management of the Scheme's statutory functions, ensuring delivery of UK and Irish PLR services in accord with legislative and contractual defined timescales and obligations.
Date posted: 08/03/2024
Deadline: 01/04/2024
Location:
Boston SpaCategory:
OtherSalary:
£37,538.00Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
+441937882040Imperial War Museums
You have demonstrable experience of collections management and can use your knowledge of the legal, ethical and policy environment, and your ability to analyse museum records, to determine ownership and implement robust and risk-aware collections development decisions.
Date posted: 22/03/2024
Deadline: 22/04/2024
Location:
IWM DuxfordCategory:
Collections CareSalary:
£40,898.00 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0207 416 3186Location:
IWM DuxfordCategory:
Collections CareSalary:
£22,500.00Contract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0207 416 3186Imperial War Museums
The IWM Institute is IWM’s research and knowledge exchange hub. Working to the Head of Collections Access and Research, the Research and Knowledge Exchange Manager is pivotal in developing IWM’s research capacity as an Independent Research Organisation (IRO) and in embedding knowledge exchange at the heart of the IWM Institute’s research programme and agenda.
Date posted: 18/03/2024
Deadline: 16/04/2024
Location:
IWM LondonCategory:
EducationFundraising / development
Salary:
£42,398 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02070913186Location:
IWM LondonCategory:
EducationFundraising / development
Salary:
£29,517 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02070913186Location:
Churchill War RoomsCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£23,302 per annum full time equvialent, £15,534.67 pro rataContract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
02070913186Location:
LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesFundraising / development
Salary:
Up to £13.15 per hourContract type:
ContractHours:
Part timeTelephone:
01904 685795National Gallery
National Gallery Global (NGG), the commercial arm of the National Gallery is currently recruiting for part time Retail Assistants. You will be based in one of the National Gallery’s retail shops.
15hrs per week, working 5 hours per day (Fri evening/Sat/Sun).
Date posted: 25/03/2024
Deadline: 03/04/2024
Location:
LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£13.30 per hour + benefitsContract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
2479Museum of the Home
This role is your chance to make a mark as part of a wider collaborative Visitor Experience team, living up to The Times’ description of the shop as “the best shopping spot in London” and alongside Museum of the Home mission to explore how we can live better together.
Date posted: 13/03/2024
Deadline: 08/04/2024
Location:
LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesOther
Salary:
30000Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
+44 20 7749 6006Imperial War Museums
IWM North is the fifth branch of Imperial War Museums and the first outside the South East of England. Designed by internationally-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, the building’s iconic structure was inspired by the idea of a world shattered by conflict.
Date posted: 21/03/2024
Deadline: 05/04/2024
Location:
IWM NorthCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£ 21,015 per annum (full-time equivalent), £12,609 per annumContract type:
TemporaryHours:
Part timeTelephone:
0207 416 3186Location:
Fort NelsonCategory:
OtherSalary:
£6,668.80, based on an average of 20 hours per week, for 32 weeks.Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
OtherTelephone:
0113 2201916Location:
Yorkshire and North EastCategory:
OtherOutreach
Salary:
£36,515Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02083925313Horniman Museum and Gardens
We are looking for a Senior Curator of Anthropology to help deliver the Horniman’s Reset Agenda. You’ll have the skills and experience to help us develop, preserve, research and open up our collections to a wider range of audiences, including source and diaspora communities, and delivering content for its programmes, projects and audiences.
Find out more and apply by 10am on 23 April 2024.
Date posted: 22/03/2024
Deadline: 22/04/2024
Location:
South-East LondonCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£42,571 pro rata per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
02086991872Imperial War Museums
IWM’s weapons collection is a substantial part of the 155,000-strong Exhibits collection. The centrality of weapons to IWM’s collection and the stories they tell is clear. This role will provide curatorial expertise in the development, care, documentation and research of the weapons collections.
Date posted: 22/03/2024
Deadline: 17/04/2024
Location:
IWM LondonCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£40,295 Museum Contract / £42,398 Trading Contract*Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0207 416 3186Location:
LondonCategory:
Health and SafetySalary:
50,000Contract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02039263365