Head of International and National Partnerships

About the role:
To lead on management and delivery of National and International strategic activity, covering the National Partnership programmes (including the Portable Antiquities Scheme) and International Partnerships. To forge and maintain effective relationships with internal colleagues, international and national partner museums, relevant sector stakeholders, major donors and benefactors, representing the Museum in a number of external contexts. To formulate policy, provide advice to the executive, build and maintain key stakeholder relationships, and co-ordinate activity relevant to the Museum’s national and international activity, including related collection and cultural property matters.

Key areas of responsibility:
• To lead on development, delivery, and evaluation of the National and International Partnership strategies, working in collaboration with internal colleagues, regional and international museums, supporters and other stakeholders. Develop and oversee the implementation of the Museum’s strategic vision, facilitating new and maintaining existing partnerships and overseeing delivery of key projects.
• Steer the development and continuous improvement of the Museum’s ability and capacity to deliver on partnerships that engage audiences with the Collection, working to drive increasingly ambitious programmes to agreed targets and standards. To constantly evaluate and reassess the impact of the Museum’s partnerships using data to drive decision-making.
• Support individuals within the INP team and across the organisation to facilitate effective coordination, planning and delivery of relevant national and international activity to time, budget and quality standards with robust risk and resource management.
• Develop policies and procedures required to support the Museum’s national and international ambitions.
• Work closely with colleagues to prepare expert advice for senior staff on national and international related matters, including cultural property. Prepare briefings, policy summaries and reports, and contribute to agendas and papers for Trustee, Directorate and other management meetings.

About you:
• Demonstratable knowledge of the national and international museum sector.
• Management of a cross-functional department in a museum or similar institution.
• Ability to drive strategic direction and major programme elements.
• Ability to project plan with clear milestones and deliverables
• A strong existing network of peer museum and organisation contacts to leverage. (Desirable)
• Experience of cultural property issues (Desirable)

About the British Museum:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is a leading visitor attraction, and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. The Museum also holds an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.

You can view a selection of our impressive collection of prints and drawings in our virtual gallery.

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays.
• Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out here what benefits a civil service pension provides).
• Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
• Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
• Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details to [email protected].

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The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you.

The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.

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