Assistant Director - London, United Kingdom - Imperial War Museums

Imperial War Museums

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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Description

Opportunity ID
261

Location

IWM London

Salary

Circa £70,000 per annum (pending previous experience)

Hours

36 hours net per week

Department

Creative and Special Projects

Job Summary

The IWM has five sites:

IWM London
HMS Belfast London
Churchill War Rooms, London
IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire
IWM North, Trafford, Greater Manchester

You will lead the development and delivery of a portfolio of masterplan and capital projects across our five sites to bring about positive change to the long-term galleries/displays, visitor facilities and IWM's business as a whole.

Leading multi-disciplinary teams and working closely with colleagues and stakeholders, you will deliver the agreed vision and outcomes for approved projects and programmes.

You will ensure a consistent and integrated approach across projects and programmes to manage resources, risk and financial impact.

Your duties will include:

Leadership and management

As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) play a key role in developing the forward corporate strategy for IWM
Advocate for IWM's long term vision and strategic aims championing and promoting them to colleagues, stakeholders and partners
Provide clear direction and line management for the project/programme leaders responsible for delivering projects and programmes

Project/programme development and delivery

Work collaboratively with the Director General, Executive Team and SMT to develop coherent, visitor focused masterplans, creative and financially sustainable capital project and programmes.
Work collaboratively with the AD Estates, Projects & Sustainability on delivery phases of masterplanning and major projects.
Lead on the preparation of feasibility studies, briefs, and business cases.
Commission evaluations, surveys, etc
Take responsibility for the overall coherence and visitor focus of projects/programmes and the delivery of the objectives and planned benefits set out in business cases.
Act as project director for significant projects/programmes.
Maintain a resource capacity plan mapping available resources against projects/programmes, ensuring they are adequately resourced.
Manage schedules and budgets to ensure that all projects/programmes are delivered to the agreed quality, timeframes, and budgets while maximising opportunities and minimising risks to IWM.
Work collaboratively with colleagues to manage the dependencies and interfaces between projects/programmes.
Commission and direct highquality consultants, e.g., architects, exhibition designers, project managers and contractors.
Lead on risk management across all masterplanning projects/programmes and work collaboratively to resolve risks and issues.
Ensure that IWM's project management processes and procedures are followed.
Establish advisory boards as appropriate to provide assurance for projects/programmes.
Attend the Masterplanning Board

Communications

Build strong and effective working relationships with SMT to ensure that impact of projects on the organisation is effectively managed.
Communicate effectively with staff at all levels formally and informally through staff briefings and other events.
Build strong relationships with key external stakeholders, e.g., planning authorities, Historic England, neighbouring landowners and partners.

Reporting

Report on progress and ensure projects/programmes are approved at appropriate stages by relevant governance boards including project/progamme boards, Masterplanning Board, Trustee Estates Advisory Committee, Trustee Board.
When / where required, provide input to other governance boards that Masterplanning has linkages with, e.g., Estates & Infrastructure Board, Collection Management Board, Income Generation Board.

General responsibilities

Actively promote and implement IWM's strategy for widening access, inclusion and diversity.
Actively promote and implement IWM's sustainability strategy to improve environmental performance and reduce our carbon footprint.
Follow and encourage an entrepreneurial approach, proactively seeking and actioning ideas which help IWM achieve its overall purpose, objectives, strategy and vision.
To keep up to date with changing technology to assist more efficient and effective working.
Be security conscious, ensure familiarity and cooperation with all museum security procedures.
Work actively to reduce the museum's impact on the environment and minimise running costs in all areas.
Be actively committed to health and safety and ensure familiarity with all of the Museum's health and safety policies and procedures.
Prepare and present effective and appropriate reports on complex and diverse issues to the Executive Team and SMT to aid decisionmaking and performance monitoring.
Follow and comply with Procurement legislation and guidelines. Ensure Financial Controls are followed and all preventive measures in plac