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British Museum
Finance Assistant: Payables
Finance
Full-time
Permanent
£29,642 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Monday 4 August 2025
Date posted: 22/05/2025
Deadline: 04/08/2025
Location:
BloomsburyCategory:
FinancialSalary:
29642Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 73238396
Imperial War Museums
At IWM, we’re committed to creating a fantastic place to work—where people feel supported, included, and able to grow. We’re now hiring two HR Business Partners to help drive our people strategy and culture of high performance.
Date posted: 24/06/2025
Deadline: 04/08/2025
Location:
London, EnglandCategory:
HRSalary:
£50,000 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
na
Imperial War Museums
The Second World War and mid twentieth-century conflict team is one of four curatorial teams, known as the Narrative Teams, whose key role is to develop and interpret IWM’s collections. Curators in the team provide time period-relevant content for our public programme and associated outputs.
Date posted: 04/07/2025
Deadline: 11/08/2025
Location:
IWM LondonCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£31,000 to £34,000 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
N/A
Victoria & Albert Museum
The successful candidate will take the lead in shaping and delivering an ambitious approach to the V&A’s international work, working with senior managers and stakeholders across the V&A to create an imaginative business strategy for the period 2026-2030.
Date posted: 08/07/2025
Deadline: 29/08/2025
Location:
South KensingtonCategory:
Senior managementSalary:
circa £85,000Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02079422937
British Museum
Research Manager
Research Archives and Libraries
Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Fixed term (18 months)
Date posted: 08/07/2025
Deadline: 05/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
ResearchSalary:
Up to £34713 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7323 8000
British Museum
Research Manager
Research Archives and Libraries
Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Fixed term (18 months)
Date posted: 09/07/2025
Deadline: 06/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
ResearchSalary:
Up to £34713 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7323 8000
British Museum
Technician
Exhibitions and Temporary Displays
Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Permanent
£28,144 per annum
Date posted: 11/07/2025
Deadline: 08/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
ExhibitionsSalary:
Up to £28144 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7323 8000
Imperial War Museums
Are you a professional, proactive leader with a passion for delivering high-level executive support? Join IWM as our Executive Office Manager, if so - a key role within the Governance department.
Date posted: 16/07/2025
Deadline: 04/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
AdministrationSalary:
£40,000-£44,000 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
na
Imperial War Museums
We are seeking a Committees Manager to support the effective functioning of our governance processes and working closely with senior leadership across the organisation.
Date posted: 16/07/2025
Deadline: 11/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
OtherSalary:
£34,000-£38,000 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
N/A
The Wallace Collection
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Wallace Collection as a Building and Facilities Officer.
Date posted: 16/07/2025
Deadline: 10/08/2025
Location:
W1U 3BNCategory:
Buildings and facilitiesSalary:
The salary for this post is between £29,000 to £32,000 per annum dependent on skills and experience.Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02075639544
Royal Air Force Museum
The Museum is looking to recruit an AV Technician.
Date posted: 17/07/2025
Deadline: 15/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
EventsIT
Salary:
£28,500Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02082052266
British Museum
Technician
Exhibitions and Temporary Displays
Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Permanent
£28,144 per annum
Date posted: 17/07/2025
Deadline: 07/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
ExhibitionsSalary:
Up to £28144 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7323 8000
Victoria & Albert Museum
Join the V&A as a Museum Technician, supporting the care and handling of collections across multiple sites.
Date posted: 18/07/2025
Deadline: 11/08/2025
Location:
South KensingtonCategory:
TechnicianSalary:
£28,520Contract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02079422937
Royal Museums Greenwich
The Queen’s House team is looking for Art Materials and Techniques Explainer volunteers.
Date posted: 18/07/2025
Deadline: 15/08/2025
Location:
SE10 9NFCategory:
Front of house/visitor servicesSalary:
voluntaryContract type:
VoluntaryHours:
Part timeTelephone:
+442083126543Museum 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: 18/07/2025
Deadline: 03/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
AdministrationSalary:
29080Contract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02078145792
Royal Museums Greenwich
We have an exciting opportunity for an Exhibitions Project Manager (Galleries) to play a pivotal role in First Light, a major redevelopment project of the Royal Observatory.
Date posted: 18/07/2025
Deadline: 10/08/2025
Location:
SE10 9NFCategory:
CuratorialExhibitions
Salary:
£42,000 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02083128565
British Library
The Business & IP Centre (BIPC) at the British Library and network partner libraries support start-up businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK to develop the insight, skills and confidence they need to start and grow successful businesses.
Date posted: 18/07/2025
Deadline: 10/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
OutreachSalary:
Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
01937
National Gallery
The National Gallery invites applications for the Vivmar Curatorial Fellowship, a 22-month paid position starting in October 2025. This role offers early-career art historians the chance to gain in-depth, practical experience in curatorial work within a major national collection.
Date posted: 21/07/2025
Deadline: 10/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£38,133Contract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
n/a
National Gallery
The National Gallery invites applications for the Simon Sainsbury Curatorial Fellowship, a 22-month paid position starting in October 2025. This role offers early-career art historians the chance to gain in-depth, practical experience in curatorial work within a major national collection.
Date posted: 21/07/2025
Deadline: 10/08/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£38,133Contract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
n/a
Victoria & Albert Museum
We are seeking a Grants Manager to join the V&A’s successful Development Department.
Date posted: 21/07/2025
Deadline: 03/08/2025
Location:
South KensingtonCategory:
Fundraising / developmentSalary:
£36,000Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02079422000