Job Opportunities at The Herbert

Coventry Heritage & Arts Trust

BRINGING HISTORY & THE ARTS TO LIFE
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Priory Visitors Centre
Lunt Roman Fort

The £20m redevelopment of the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum will be completed this autumn. With an annual turnover of some £2.5m the Trust has the potential to have a major impact upon the region's cultural life.

HEAD OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
£32,000-£37,000 pa dependant on experience

We seek an experienced and imaginative marketing professional to make a major contribution to the future success of the new Trust that has recently taken over the management of The Herbert and two other attractions from Coventry City Council.

Leading a team of three you'll devise and implement a co-ordinated marketing & communications policy for all our operations and transform our relationship with our audiences.

Closing date: 15th September 2008
Interviews w/c 22nd September 2008

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EVENTS OFFICER
£18,907-23,749 pa (pro rata) dependant on experience
Fixed term until March 2009 (may be extended subject to funding)

We seek a, creative, highly-organised, self-motivated professional to research and programme a wide range of events including talks and workshops, music, theatre and dance performances.

You'll have previous experience of programming and delivering events

Closing date: 18th September
Interviews 24th & 25th September

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MUSEUM & GALLERY ASSISTANTS – VARIOUS POSTS
Full time (6 month fixed term), & part time (permanent)
£14,492 - £16,536 p.a. pro rata

We seek customer focussed staff for our popular city centre locations to join existing teams in delivering a range of services. You'll have well developed people skills and assist visitors from all backgrounds to get the most from their visit. A flexible, practical attitude is essential; basic IT skills are desirable. Regular weekend working is a feature of these posts.

Closing date: 11th September
Interviews 17th to 19th September; and 14th October

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POSITIVE ACTION TRAINEESHIP PROGRAMME
EXHIBITION AND COLLECTIONS TRAINEE
Section 37 (1) of the Race Relations Act 1976 applies
Bursary award of £5500

People from ethnic minorities are under-represented in the museum and gallery workforce. Renaissance West Midlands, part of the Museum, Libraries and Archive Council’s groundbreaking programme to transform England’s regional museums, is supporting Diversity in the Workforce by funding 24 week work placements throughout the West Midlands region. As part of this initiative, it is offering an opportunity for a candidate from the Black or Minority Ethnic Communities to gain experience of working in the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum as an Exhibitions and Collections Trainee. You will have the opportunity to gain a range of collections management and exhibition experience to help develop a future career in the museum and heritage sector.

Closing date: 19 September
Interviews: 1, 2 October

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