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About the Herbert

Work at the Museum

The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is part of the Culture Coventry charitable trust. Occasionally we need to recruit new staff to the team, and we look for self-motivated and forward-thinking people. Even if you are based behind the scenes, you need to be comfortable working with or around visitors in an environment where creating the right atmosphere is everything. Everyone in the team plays an active part in delivering our fantastic attraction to visitors.

All of our vacancies can be found listed here when they arise, but if you can’t wait to get involved why not click here to see our Volunteering Programme.

People from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse backgrounds, disabled, deaf and neurodivergent people are underrepresented in our workforce, so we particularly encourage applications from candidates in these groups.

 

Current Opportunities:

 

Social Impact Director

CV Life makes a difference to lives in Coventry through partnerships in sport, activity and culture – we want to recruit someone exceptional to challenge us and ensure there is lasting social impact in everything we do.

Our new Social Impact Director will join the senior leadership team reporting directly to the CEO of CV Life with a potential salary of £65k and additional benefits.

They will lead on our external partnerships in the city, ensuring our impact strategies fit with citywide frameworks, highlighting how programme delivery can contribute, and identify where future delivery could be focussed and shaped towards achieving impact outcomes.

The successful candidate will be energetic, intelligent, reflective, adaptable, and confident – with a real desire to build the partnerships that will have an impact in a city of huge potential, but with a range of layered inequalities and challenges.

More details on the role, the ideal person, and the recruitment process can be found here .

 

Collections Officer

Reference Number: CCT042

Closing Date: 1st April 2024

Hours: 37 per week

Rate of Pay: £22,575.95-28,356.80 per annum

About the role:

We are looking for a Collections Officer to support the ongoing care of the collections managed by Culture Coventry Trust on behalf of Coventry City Council. Culture Coventry operates the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum and Coventry Transport Museum, as well as two off-site stores, and the postholder will work across all sites. 

Working as part of the busy Collections team, responsibilities will involve the management, care and documentation of the collections, which include social history, archaeology, natural sciences, visual art and transport. 

A key part of the role will be supporting the relocation of collections from the current off-site stores to a new Collections Centre. 

The main responsibilities are: 

  • To carry out ongoing collections management, care and documentation activities, working towards greater public access to the collections.
  • To support collections review and rationalisation and the move from current offsite storage to the new Collections Centre.
  • When required to work on projects as part of a project team. 
  • To work in a wider team with colleagues in collections, exhibitions & events, learning & engagement, and operations to facilitate access to collections and to ensure their care. 

We are looking for a self-motivated team player with a professional and friendly manner and:

  • Commitment to audience development and inclusive access to collections
  • Good planning and organisational skills
  • Experience of working with museum collections
  • Knowledge of SPECTRUM and Accreditation standards

Closing date 1 April 2024

Job Advert: Collections Officer

Job Description: Collections Officer

Application Form (Culture Coventry Trust)

When applying for this position, please ensure you confirm the Job Title and the Reference Number as stated on this Job Advert.

 

 


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