Jobs
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British Museum
Assistant Collection Manager: Care and Access - ES
Collection Care
Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Date posted: 14/03/2025
Deadline: 28/03/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
Collections CareSalary:
Up to £28144 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7323 8000
British Museum
Head of Collection Care and Moves
Collection Care and Moves
Full-time (41 hours per week) (including one hour paid lunch break)
Permanent
Date posted: 14/03/2025
Deadline: 28/03/2025
Location:
Bloomsbury, New JerseyCategory:
Collections CareSalary:
Up to £75185 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7323 8000
Science Museum Group
Planning and Performance Analyst based at either the Science Museum in London or the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.
Date posted: 14/03/2025
Deadline: 04/04/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
FinancialSalary:
Up to £45500 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
01904 685795
Science Museum Group
Senior Documentation Officer based at the Science and Innovation Park in Wroughton, Swindon.
Date posted: 14/03/2025
Deadline: 04/04/2025
Location:
Swindon, WiltshireCategory:
Collections CareOther
Salary:
Up to £33253 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
01904 685795
National Museums Liverpool
The Curator of Contemporary Histories plays a crucial role in the International Slavery Museum’s curatorial team. They will play an important role in coordinating collections management across the team and liaising across departments to ensure we are maintaining and developing high standards of collections management, particularly as part of the project decant.
Date posted: 14/03/2025
Deadline: 23/04/2025
Location:
LiverpoolCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£32,275Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
01514784444
National Museums Liverpool
You will work as part of the café team and contribute to delivering excellence in the Catering department. You will help maintain company standards by efficiently cleaning kitchen equipment, used crockery, cutlery, glassware and front of house equipment. You will also be responsible for set duties on the cleaning schedule in the kitchen and café, ensuring these areas are kept to high cleanliness.
Date posted: 14/03/2025
Deadline: 09/04/2025
Location:
Liverpool (L3 1DG)Category:
Front of house/visitor servicesOther
Salary:
£12.60 per hourContract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
01514784444
National Museums Liverpool
We are recruiting for a range of Visitor Assistant contract opportunities within our Visitor Experience team, where the role focuses on enhancing the experience of our visitors.
Please state in your application which venue and hours would be your preference, though all candidates will be considered for all roles.
Date posted: 14/03/2025
Deadline: 09/04/2025
Location:
LiverpoolCategory:
EducationFront of house/visitor services
Salary:
£23,845 pro rataContract type:
OtherHours:
Part timeTelephone:
01514784444
University of Oxford Gardens, Libraries & Museums
The Archives Digitisation Assistant (Knossos) will work on the digitisation of the Sir Arthur Evans Archive. This is the primary excavation archive for Sir Arthur Evan’s work at Knossos, consisting of around 10,000 individual items including notebooks, letters, photographs, drawings and plans.
Date posted: 14/03/2025
Deadline: 07/04/2025
Location:
Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PHCategory:
OtherSalary:
Grade 4.1: £27,838 (per annum, pro rata)*Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
n/a
Tate
We are looking for an experienced curator with a focus on the long Eighteenth Century.
This temporary role will see you use and share your expertise of the period and your project management skills to develop and oversee programmed exhibitions and collection displays.
Date posted: 12/03/2025
Deadline: 23/03/2025
Location:
Tate Britain, MillbankCategory:
Collections CareCuratorial
Research
Salary:
£40,717Contract type:
TemporaryHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02078874997
British Film Institute
We are looking for a Curator to join a team of archivists, a conservator and collections specialists in the BFI’s Special Collections team, working with one of the world’s most significant collections of photography and designs (posters, costume, production, animation), filmmakers’ paper archives, and special collections (scripts, pressbooks).
Date posted: 11/03/2025
Deadline: 17/03/2025
Location:
BerkhamstedCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£42,480 - £49,965 per annum
National Museum of the Royal Navy
Our epic story is of the Royal Navy, and its impact on Britain and the world. Here you can come aboard the most famous ships, planes, and submarines of the Royal Navy and experience them through those who served on them. Aswell as being truly captivated by the thousands of unique, emotional, and sometimes quirky stories that have shaped the Royal Navy into what it proudly stands for today.
Date posted: 11/03/2025
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Location:
PortsmouthCategory:
ConservationSalary:
Contract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02392 891370
British Film Institute
We are looking for an Assistant Curator to join a team of archivists, a conservator and collections specialists in the BFI’s Special Collections team, working with one of the world’s most significant collections of photography and designs (posters, costume, production, animation).
Date posted: 11/03/2025
Deadline: 17/03/2025
Location:
BerkhamstedCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£34,602 - £40,545 per annum
Tate
We’re looking for someone to help lead a brilliant team to deliver marketing campaigns for Tate!
Date posted: 10/03/2025
Deadline: 21/03/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
MarketingSalary:
£44,094 per annumContract type:
OtherHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7887 8888
Manchester Museum
Could you take forward Manchester Museum’s commitment to cultural revitalisation, reconciliation and healing?
Date posted: 08/03/2025
Deadline: 26/03/2025
Location:
ManchesterCategory:
CuratorialSalary:
£37,174 -£45,413 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
07833200260
The National Archives
We are looking for a Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) to create and improve the catalogue descriptions of key record series related to the history of transatlantic slavery.
Date posted: 07/03/2025
Deadline: 30/03/2025
Location:
Kew, Richmond, TW9 4DUCategory:
ArchivistOther
Salary:
£28,337 - £34,489 per annumContract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02039855979
The National Archives
The Collections Researcher will conduct original research in the Lloyd’s Register and The National Archives’ collections, focusing on Board of Trade, Admiralty and Colonial Office Records.
Date posted: 07/03/2025
Deadline: 30/03/2025
Location:
Kew, RichmondCategory:
ResearchSalary:
£38,322 - £42,000Contract type:
ContractHours:
Full timeTelephone:
02083925313
Tate
Exciting marketing opportunity for someone with a passion for culture!
Date posted: 07/03/2025
Deadline: 21/03/2025
Location:
LondonCategory:
MarketingSalary:
£38,394 per annumContract type:
PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
020 7887 8888
National Museums Liverpool
Reporting to Catering Duty Manager in the day to day running of the café, assisting other team members in making a smooth and efficient working environment.
To assist the Catering Duty Manager to drive the sales of the catering business, maximise revenue opportunities and enhance the profit of the business.
Date posted: 07/03/2025
Deadline: 02/04/2025
Location:
Liverpool (L3 8EN)Category:
Front of house/visitor servicesOther
Salary:
£12.36 per hourContract type:
TemporaryHours:
Part timeTelephone:
01514784444
National Museums Liverpool
Reporting to Catering Team Leader in the day to day running of the café, assisting other team members in making a smooth and efficient working environment.
To assist the Catering Team Leader to drive the sales of the catering business, maximise revenue opportunities and enhance the profit of the business.
Date posted: 07/03/2025
Deadline: 02/04/2025
Location:
Liverpool (L18 8BX)Category:
Front of house/visitor servicesOther
Salary:
£12.36 per hourContract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
01514784444
National Museums Liverpool
Reporting to Catering Duty Manager in the day to day running of the café, assisting other team members in making a smooth and efficient working environment.
To assist the Catering Duty Manager to drive the sales of the catering business, maximise revenue opportunities and enhance the profit of the business.
Date posted: 07/03/2025
Deadline: 02/04/2025
Location:
Liverpool (L3 1DG)Category:
Front of house/visitor servicesOther
Salary:
£12.36 per hourContract type:
PermanentHours:
Part timeTelephone:
01514784444