Senior Registrar Touring Exhibitions

About the role

We are delighted to announce a new opportunity for a Senior Registrar to join our Collections Management team. This role will play an important part in helping to lead the delivery of our ambitious international touring exhibitions programme, enabling works from Scotland’s national collection to be shared with audiences around the world.

You may already be a Senior Registrar, or a Registrar looking to take the next step in your career. However, you must have hands-on previous experience of delivering international touring exhibitions involving artworks and cultural objects.

We are looking for someone who can take initiative and work autonomously while ensuring managers and colleagues are kept appropriately informed of progress and issues. You’ll be confident managing complex projects and problem solving. You will work with a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation, and external partners. Therefore, the ability to build effective working relationships and communicate clearly is essential. You will play a key role in ensuring the touring exhibitions are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest professional standards.

About the Touring Programme

National Galleries of Scotland is launching an ambitious international touring programme contributing to our aim to make art work for everyone. This new initiative builds on past touring success and increases opportunities for the collection to be shared with audiences across the world. The touring programme is also part of our strategy to grow our income to ensure our future financial sustainability.

Work has already begun and we are now recruiting a number of posts from May 2026 to support taking the touring programme forward. The programme will run initially to 31 March 2030. The success of the initiative will determine next steps for both the programme and the team supporting it.

You will help to deliver this ambitious new initiative. This is an excellent opportunity for a results-driven individual to demonstrate their impact and contribute to shaping the success of the programme.

Who we are looking for

To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent in an arts-related subject.
- Proven experience developing and delivering international touring exhibitions comprising artworks and cultural objects.
- Knowledge and practical application of national and international sector standards, legislation, and best practice in touring exhibition delivery.
- Understanding of contemporary principles and practice in collections management.
- Practical experience of the application of risk management in relation to art collections, in particular the Government Indemnity Scheme (GIS), international indemnity schemes, and insurance along with awareness of the implications to organisational activities.
- Knowledge of collection data standards and principles around due diligence and spoliation.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to develop, manage, and evaluate costed projects.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, able to work with colleagues and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Tactful, diplomatic, and culturally sensitive. Ability to be a successful ambassador for the organisation both nationally and internationally including travelling nationally and internationally as required.
- Ability to negotiate within and outside the organisation, maintaining excellent relationships with stakeholders whilst pursuing the organisation’s interests.
-Good IT skills (basic to intermediate) using MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint). Understanding how these link to a multifunctional collections management system.

Please apply directly via our careers portal. Applications via email will not be accepted.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday, 30 March 2026.

Museum Website: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/careers