Registrar, Loans and Exhibitions - Bloomsbury, United Kingdom - The British Museum

The British Museum

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Bloomsbury, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Registrar:
Loans and Exhibitions

Collection Care

Full-time

Permanent

£40,633 per annum

Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 01/01/2024

About the role:

Leadership of the Loans and Exhibitions team in the effective management and development of the Museum's programme and resources for all inward and outward loans.

Support and manage the implementation of Museum strategies for loans, exhibitions and touring exhibitions, and see that resources are managed appropriately.

Key areas of responsibility:

Leadership and management of the Loans and Exhibitions team.
Ensure delivery of the Museum's inward and outward loans programmes in support of the Museum's key objectives, including logístical matters, identification and management of risk, significant international procedural variations and lender requirement, and relevant legal and legislative issues.
Manage the implementation and review of Museum procedures and documentation for loans.
Ensure Museum staff are aware of and comply with licences, legal requirements, statutory obligations, and best practice standards with regard to loans.
Ensure implementation of consistent and effective processes and reporting on all loans and exhibitions.
Coordinate with the Registrar: Collection and Documentation for the efficient management of Museum's collection and loan activities to ensure that collection administration is effectively prioritised and resourced.

About you:

Substantial experience as a loans and/or exhibitions registrar in a museum or cultural institution
Project management qualification or equivalent experience
Knowledge of museum and cultural sector in a management role, familiar with analysing processes and procedures and developing improvements to practice
Facility with the processes of risk management in a cultural setting, transporting and displaying significant art and heritage objects
Excellent communication and negotiation skills: articulate, persuasive, flexible
Ability to synthesise and report on information orally and in writing.
Confident user of ICT.
Experienced in writing planning and strategy documents and formal reports.
Excellent coordination, time management; ability to prioritise and allocate resource appropriately.
Experience of line management
Experience of stakeholder management
Ability to understand and manage budgets.
Ability to work within a variety of different teams.

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 one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

Membership of the civil service pension scheme
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 behindthescenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
Generous annual leave allowance
Interestfree 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.

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 fairly because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.

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