Job opportunities (3.12.2022)

2022-12-03

Marketing & Brand Manager, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUMS 

The Marketing and Audiences team work to ensure IWM's brand story is interpreted by current and new audiences in a clear, relevant and compelling way. Working with an audience focused and data-led approach, the marketing team are responsible for delivering IWM's Audience Growth Strategy. They understand who our customers are, what motivates them to interact with us and how to drive retention and loyalty.

Marketing and Audiences have responsibility across all five branches of the museum (IWM London, IWM North, IWM Duxford, HMS Belfast and Churchill War Rooms). They are well connected and proactive, working collaboratively within the museum to ensure we tell a consistent story. They play a leading role in the engagement of all business-to-consumer (B2C) audiences and an advisory role to all other groups.

Their main responsibilities are:

  • Brand development and understanding: Marketing and Audiences are responsible for developing IWM's brand, taking a leading role in ensuring everyone at IWM understands this and is inspired by it.
  • Audience insight and growth: Marketing and Audiences are tasked with developing a deeper understanding of who our audiences are. Delivering the objectives and targets outlined in the Audience Growth Strategy, they understand the changing dynamics of our industry and the wider environments in which we operate and can interpret these changing dynamics into actionable intelligence for IWM.
  • Strategic marketing: The team are responsible for planning and executing innovative and effective marketing campaigns which hit the agreed KPIs and fulfil the strategic aims of the organisation.

Project Accountant, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.  

Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.

We employ 900 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.

Director of External Affairs, Museum of London 

The Museum of London is a home for learning, exploration and adventure, we aspire to be a force for good in London as London must be for the world. We are here to enrich the understanding and appreciation of London and all its people - past, present, future.

As Director of External Affairs, you will harness the power of our brand and relationships to help drive forward a series of major capital fundraising campaigns that will deliver transformational change for the Museum and get Londoners from every walk of life behind these projects. This is a significant role which will help the Museum realise its vision to become one of the most well-known and innovative cultural destinations in the UK and worldwide and offers a real opportunity to make a long-lasting and very real difference for London.

We're looking for an ambitious, driven and well-connected leader with significant experience and a track record of working on game-changing projects with high profile organisations. A key member of the Executive Team, you will work closely with the Director and the Board to build support, income and partnerships and significantly increase our brand awareness and audience participation. With ready contacts from across government, funders and the media you will be willing to leverage these relationships on behalf of the Museum.

We believe that diversity, inclusion and creativity go hand in hand. Having people with a diverse range of experiences and views mean that we are able to provide museums which are meaningful to a wider range of visitors and creates a more welcoming environment to a wider range of people. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, who are currently under-represented in our organisation.

Digital Manager, The Photographers Gallery 

The Photographers' Gallery (TPG) champions photography for everyone. In the heart of central London and home to an international community of photographers, TPG explores photography in all its forms, with a diverse and critically acclaimed programme of exhibitions, events, courses and partnerships. Over the past five decades TPG has helped to establish photography as a recognised art form, introducing new audiences to photography and celebrating its place at the heart of visual culture.

About the Communications team

The Communications team is central to the culture and output of TPG. We deliver high profile and effective communications, as well as digital activities and strategies, to raise TPG's profile and reach, build the brand, meet and exceed visitor targets, develop and re-engage our audiences and support enterprise and membership. The Communications team is made up of the Head of Communications, Digital Manager, Marketing Officer and Communications Officer. We work closely and collaboratively as a team, as well as with other teams across TPG. We are also supported by a freelance designer, an external PR agency and a web development agency; and commission a range of freelancers on different projects.

The Digital Manager role

Working as a key member of the Communications team, the Digital Manager is central to delivering digital communications which increase online and in-person visits and enhance the Gallery's digital presence and engagement.

The Digital Manager is primarily responsible for developing, managing and maintaining TPG's website and other key digital channels to the highest possible standards. This work is driven by user behaviour, aligned with web and industry guidelines, to support TPG's wider aims:

• To be the UK's leading photographic gallery with international impact

• To be the driving force for debate and new thinking about photography's role in society now

• To place innovative learning, diversity and excellence at our core

• To ensure long term sustainability for the Gallery and all its activities.

As a digital champion, the Digital Manager will help map out and drive forward the future development of TPG's digital platforms. The Digital Manager will work in collaboration with a dedicated cross-gallery team to always think digital first and ensure digital channels and content are integrated and aligned. The Digital Manager reports to the Head of Communications and line manages the Communications Co-ordinator.

Museum Director, LONDON MUSEUM OF WATER & STEAM 

The London Museum of Water & Steam has undergone substantial positive change over the past 4 years and like all museums in the sector, has responded to the challenges of Covid 19. We are now looking ahead to an exciting new chapter for the museum with a new inspirational leader as our Director of this small museum.

The role of Director is varied and includes high level responsibility across a number of areas including Fundraising, Finance, Engagement, Collections and Operations.

This is a full-time role with 7 direct reports and a 100+ team of dedicated volunteers who contribute to all aspects of our operations, including front of house; driving and maintaining engines; running our archive and looking after our buildings and grounds.

Please visit our website for full details, including the information pack.

Salary:

Salary: £50,000 pa

The successful candidate will be engaged as an employee and receive a pension contribution, holiday pay and other benefits.

Whilst some work from home may be possible it's important to both the Board and staff that the Director is on site at least 2 days per week to ensure operations run smoothly.

To apply:

Please submit a CV and covering letter outlining succinctly your experience and skills by email via the button below. Please also complete the equal opportunities monitoring form.

Closing Date: Tuesday 17 January 2023 at 5pm.

Interviews will be held in person at the Museum on Thursday 2 February 2023 as preference or Friday 10 February 2023 if unavailable.

Project Coordinator, The Cyfarthfa Foundation, THE CYFARTHFA FOUNDATION 

The Cyfarthfa Foundation has been established with the aim of transforming Cyfarthfa Castle and Park at Merthyr Tydfil - a crucible of the industrial revolution - into a cultural centre and visitor attraction of national significance. The transformation of the castle's museum and galleries will take place alongside a doubling in the size of the existing 65ha park, cheek by jowl with the Brecon Beacons National Park.

The three inter-connecting themes that underlie the Cyfarthfa Plan are history and heritage, the natural environment and creativity. As well as drawing on the past, they are also relevant to the pressing issues of today, especially where a lively but economically disadvantaged community is searching for new solutions in an era of climate change. Social renewal and sustainability will be at the heart of everything we do.

The Role

The Project Coordinator will support the functioning of the Cyfarthfa Plan project team, across both administrative and project management functions, with an understanding of client-side delivery.  

Management Accountant, THE BRITISH MUSEUM 

The main purpose of this role is to provide a first class management accounting service to the Museum.

Key areas of responsibility:

  • Working with the management accountants and accounts processing team to provide best practice accounting, processing and reporting services to all Museum staff.
  • Preparation of online management reports.
  • Preparation of accurate quarterly forecasts.
  • Contribute to the Museum-wide budgeting process.
  • Preparation of material for the consolidated financial statements and liaison with the auditors.
  • Preparation of year-end financial statements, reports and papers for subsidiaries and related entities, and acting as main point of contact for auditors.
  • Preparation of information for internal reports and papers, including the corporate risk register.
  • Preparation of information for regular and ad hoc returns to DCMS and other external bodies.
  • Ensuring compliance with donor restrictions, public sector and charitable sector regulations and guidelines.
  • Analysis of Museum-wide income and expenditure streams to monitor and improve efficiency and profitability.
  • Providing and reviewing financial information for business cases and funding applications.
  • Develop processes.
  • Contribute financial expertise to Museum-wide projects and initiatives.
  • Working on a variety of other ad hoc projects and tasks as advised by the Finance Manager: Accounts and Strategy, and the Senior Management Accountant.

About you:

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience with an ACA accountancy qualification.
  • Good technical knowledge of relevant Accounting Standards and regulatory framework, income tax, NI and VAT, and familiarity with accounting systems.
  • Previous experience of project management and auditing.
  • An excellent communicator, both verbal and written, who can prioritise workload and use their own initiative.
  • Great problem solving, organisational and attention to detail skills.