Jobs
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National Army Museum
We are seeking Visitor Welcome and Retail Sales Assistant to join our passionate and dedicated team. This is a key role in ensuring that the Museum delivers world class, welcoming and engaging service at our welcome desk and family focussed early years soft play space. You will also drive sales by using exceptional selling skills in our shop and in helping the Museum achieve its sales targets.
Date posted: 12/11/2021
Deadline: 07/01/2022
Location:
Chelsea, LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
London Living WageContract type:
PermanentHours:
OtherTelephone:
02078812480
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 Cosford. RAF Museum Enterprises Ltd is the trading arm of the RAF Museum with all profits gift-aided to the Museum to support its charitable activities.
Date posted: 01/12/2021
Deadline: 04/01/2022
Location:
CosfordCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£9.50 per hourContract type:
TemporaryHours:
Part timeTelephone:
+442082052266
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 Cosford. RAF Museum Enterprises Ltd is the trading arm of the RAF Museum with all profits gift-aided to the Museum to support its charitable activities.
Date posted: 01/12/2021
Deadline: 04/01/2022
Location:
CosfordCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£13,987.50Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
+442082052266
Black Country Living Museum
Trustees play an important role in the leadership of the Museum, and we value greatly the experience, objectivity, expertise and commitment our Trustees bring, without remuneration and purely in the interests of the Museum.
Date posted: 01/10/2021
Deadline: 31/12/2021
Location:
DudleyCategory:
TrusteeSalary:
VoluntaryContract type:
VoluntaryHours:
Part timeTelephone:
01215215690 ext. 413
Victoria & Albert Museum
This is an exciting opportunity to join the V&A as a Senior Curator, Jewellery, working within the Decorative Art and Sculpture department.
Date posted: 26/11/2021
Deadline: 12/12/2021
Location:
LondonCategory:
Collections CareSalary:
£47,000 - £57,000 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02079422937
National Army Museum
We are seeking a Senior Visitor Welcome Retail Sales Assistant to join our passionate and dedicated team. This is a key role ensuring that the Museum delivers world class, welcoming and engaging service at our welcome desk and family focused early years soft play space.
Date posted: 19/11/2021
Deadline: 10/12/2021
Location:
Chelsea, LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£22,647pa (plus benefits)Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0078812480
British Museum
The HR department at the British Museum is evolving. We have recently introduced a business partnering model to enable the provision of strategic and operational HR advice to the leadership and management teams of the British Museum and the British Museum Company.
Date posted: 02/12/2021
Deadline: 20/12/2021
Location:
BloomsburyCategory:
HRSalary:
£37,210Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
+442073238000
British Museum
The British Museum has an exciting opportunity for someone to join our growing HR department as a Senior HR Administrator: Projects.
Date posted: 02/12/2021
Deadline: 20/12/2021
Location:
BloomsburyCategory:
AdministrationHR
Salary:
£26,922Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
+442073238000
Tate
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Design Studio!
Date posted: 24/11/2021
Deadline: 07/12/2021
Location:
LondonCategory:
DesignSalary:
£33,106 (plus a £2,000 Market Rate Allowance) per annumContract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7887 4997
Tate
Tate Britain is looking for a Senior Curator to lead the Contemporary British Art programme.
Date posted: 03/12/2021
Deadline: 09/12/2021
Location:
Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RGCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£50,000 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7887 4997
National Army Museum
We are seeking a Retail and Admissions Supervisor to join our passionate and dedicated team. This is a key role in ensuring that all income opportunities are maximised. You will be responsible for line managing and leading the team to achieve sales targets and key performance indicators and delivering a world class and engaging service, for all our visitors.
Date posted: 12/11/2021
Deadline: 10/12/2021
Location:
Chelsea, LondonCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
£25,388pa (plus benefits)Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02078812480
Natural History Museum
A Build Project Support role to sit in the [email protected] Build Project team to provide support for the project's activities and workstreams.
Date posted: 30/11/2021
Deadline: 14/12/2021
Location:
Kensington and Chelsea, LondonCategory:
Buildings and facilitiesSalary:
Up to £29382 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
0207 942 5898
British Museum
The British Museum is seeking a Project Curator, Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP) to join the Africa, Oceania and the Americas department.
Date posted: 24/11/2021
Deadline: 15/12/2021
Location:
BloomsburyCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£26,436Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
+442073238000
Science Museum Group
Do you have project experience and the ability to proactively manage a busy workload? Do you want to play a key role in an exciting project for the National Science and Media Museum?
Date posted: 29/10/2021
Deadline: 06/12/2021
Location:
National Science & Media Museum (NSMM) - BradfordCategory:
OtherSalary:
£10,500 - £12,500 (per annum)Contract type:
ContractHours:
Part timeTelephone:
01904685750
British Museum
The British Museum is seeking a specialist glass conservator to conserve eight archaeologically significant glass vessels from the collection of the Archaeological Museum at the American University of Beirut (AUB).
Date posted: 02/12/2021
Deadline: 10/12/2021
Location:
BloomsburyCategory:
ConservationSalary:
£33,592Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
+442073238000
Royal Armouries
The Royal Armouries is looking for an exceptional candidate to join the Collection Services Conservation team based in Leeds, but with remit across the organisation.
Date posted: 15/11/2021
Deadline: 08/12/2021
Location:
LeedsCategory:
Collections CareConservation
Salary:
£25,500 to 27,500 per annumContract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
n/a
Birmingham Museums Trust
Birmingham Museums Trust is currently recruiting for an Intern as part of the Headley Trust Portable Antiquities Scheme, working across the West Midlands in seven local host museums.
Date posted: 16/11/2021
Deadline: 05/12/2021
Location:
WorcestershireCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£11 per hourContract type:
TemporaryHours:
Part timeTelephone:
N/A
British Museum
The British Museum is seeking a Photographer to join the Collection Services department.
Date posted: 22/11/2021
Deadline: 06/12/2021
Location:
BloomsburyCategory:
PhotographicSalary:
£23,916Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
+442073238000
National Gallery
The National Gallery is seeking two meticulous and consistent Online Catalogues Assistants to carry out the core text mark-up work that will deliver our ambitious programme of newly-generated and previously-published online catalogue entries, culminating in the online publication of at least 200 entries in time for our 200th anniversary in 2024.
Date posted: 16/11/2021
Deadline: 06/12/2021
Location:
LondonCategory:
ArchivistCollections Care
Conservation
Curatorial
Exhibitions
Salary:
£26,780 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7747 2885
Royal Museums Greenwich
RMG is looking for a team of Game hosts to support the participants on their online adventure as well give clues where needed to ensure efficient running of the programme.
Date posted: 29/11/2021
Deadline: 07/12/2021
Location:
GreenwichCategory:
OtherSalary:
£9.78 per hourContract type:
ContractHours:
Part timeTelephone:
02083128572