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- Organisation:Imperial War Museum
- Location:IWM London
- Salary:£38,826 per annum
- Contract type:Fixed Term Contract / Full Time
Purpose of the Job
You will lead the team who will plan and deliver documentation and object movement to enable an £8m collection storage and staff accommodation project. The project aim is to improve standards for collection care and to modernise our ways of working as well as delivering capital spend to set timetables. You contribute your knowledge to the site wide Programme and create and maintain Project level documentation, liaising with peers who are experts in collections, facilities management, curatorial, visual resources, preservation and conservation.
The post holder will report directly to the Head of Project Delivery and have line management responsibility for Project staff. They will also take on a portfolio of project work that supports the IWM Storage Programme to improve Collection storage.
The post holder will be required to travel to all IWM branches. The post holder will thus be required to travel between London and Duxford on a weekly basis and should anticipate spending 40% of their time on each site. Where storage projects are active, the post holder may be required to spend 80% of their time on site for supervising activities such as decanting a collection or, installing storage furniture or, which may last for periods of several weeks.
Key Duties
- You will be expected to work independently as well as across different teams in order to contribute to and deliver the priorities of IWM – using your knowledge, skills, talent and potential to the best of your ability.
- You will focus at all times on delivering excellent customer service, ensure value for money at all times while being professional, courteous and demonstrating the behaviours and attributes expected of all IWM employees. You will also adhere to all corporate standards, and use corporate systems as directed to ensure consistency of service, brand and operational standards.
- You will be an experienced specialist in your area and take on broad responsibilities, working across departments effectively, working with individuals, partners and where appropriate volunteers.
- You should be able to lead, manage and motivate your staff, partners and, where relevant, volunteers in order to get the best out of them
- To identify and implement learning and development needs for both yourself and your team including volunteers, if appropriate.
For a full job specification which will include further details of key duties and which your application will be marked against, please see attached person specification.
The closing date for applications is 9 am, Monday 22 August 2022. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 7 September 2022.
The benefits listed below are discretionary and IWM reserves the right, with due notice, to vary or withdraw them at any time. All such benefits apply during the course of your employment only.
- Our generous full-time equivalent annual leave allowance is 25 days per annum plus public holidays rising to 30 days after 5 years.
- Access to our Company Group Pension Plan with competitive Employer Contributions.
- 20% discount in all IWM’s on-site shops.
- A 25% discount in IWM’s cafes.
- Free entry to all IWM Air shows at IWM Duxford.
- Free entry to a large number of other museums & galleries and their exhibitions which we have reciprocal arrangements with.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits dependent on length of service.
- Access to our in-house training programmes and development
- Access to an interest free season ticket loan scheme after three months service.
- Access to a Ride 2 Work Scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, and Career Development Advice.
- IWM staff also have access to The Charity for Civil Servants services and support.
- IWM staff are entitled to membership of the Benenden Healthcare Society (subject to their terms & conditions.
- Eligibility to join the Civil Service Sports Club, securing additional discounts and benefits.
- Access to social events run by groups with IWM.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This role is subject to:
A basic check, which shows unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
March 2025
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At IWM we seek to address the need for greater diversity within our workforce as well as the wider museum and heritage sector. In all our practices we embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity and we welcome applications from suitable candidates of all backgrounds.
August 22nd 2022, 9:00 AM
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