Collections Manager – Brooklands Museum

Brooklands Museum is the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation, and the home of Concorde. Located on the 30-acre site of the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit and the most productive aircraft factories in Europe in the twentieth century, Brooklands Museum welcomes over 185,000 visitors each year these are made up of members of the public, Brooklands Members, VIPs, corporate hospitality guests and school groups.

Brooklands Museum is a unique and special place to work, where people’s pursuit of speed, flight and adventure changed the world! We have ambitious plans to fulfil our vision: Inspiring people to shape the future through Brooklands’ history of innovation and endeavour.  As we are a visitor attraction, our priority is delivering a memorable and inspiring experience for all visitors and ensuring we meet our commitment of ‘Brooklands at its best, every day’. So, no matter what role you join us in, you will have a very important part to play in this.

You’ll be joining a Museum team where 93% of the staff team feel their job is worthwhile and 95% of our volunteers look forward to coming to Brooklands to volunteer (from responses to our 2021 staff and volunteer surveys). We care about the people who work and volunteer here. We are proud to have been a finalist for Surrey Employer of the Year in 2021 and a finalist for Large Visitor Attraction of the Year in the Beautiful South awards 2022.

As Collections Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Brooklands Museums core collections and ensuring standard collections management best practice across the Brooklands Museum Trust site, including wider communities, key stakeholders and lenders.

Key Success Criteria of the role 

• Appropriate, long-term Collections Management strategies and associated  programmes for the preservation and use of the Collection.
• The access and use of the collection is maintained and is reflective of the Museum’s Vision and brand.
• Effective management of the collection, in accordance with the Museum’s policies  and priorities.
• All relevant compliance and health and safety regulations, relating to the collection and working with it, are complied with and appropriate records are maintained.

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Knowledge and Experience:

• Demonstrable experience in collections management
• Proven track record of working in the heritage sector
• Knowledge of Spectrum standards and their application
• Practical and applied skills in handling, accessing and using museum collections, in particular large objects
• Knowledge of working in and around historic buildings and built heritage
• Knowledge of the history of motorsports and aviation
• Practical skills in handling, packing and transport of collection material Desirable
• Knowledge of working with and using Modes and Axiell
• Knowledge of working with historic vehicles and moving machinery
• Experience of working with large objects and social industrial history collections
• Knowledge of hazards in collections including asbestos, ionising radiation and firearms

Skills & Competencies:

• IT skills and demonstrated proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office packages, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
• H&S Training
• COSHH, Working at Height, manual handling
• Demonstrable use of Collections Management Systems

Working at Brooklands Museum

Our benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, 25 days holiday in addition to Bank Holidays and Christmas Eve, flexibility to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, 4% employee pension contribution, access to wellbeing support and Mental Health First Aiders. We also offer free onsite parking, discounts at our onsite Café and Museum shop as well as free access to all that Brooklands has to offer.

In line with our charitable purpose, we are active in ensuring that Brooklands is inclusive, so that everyone can feel welcome at, and benefit from, Brooklands Museum, including as visitors, staff, trustees, volunteers, members, partners, freelancers, contractors, participants, schools, and anyone else who wishes to visit or be involved with the Museum.

We have invested in our organisational culture over recent years and encourage everyone to be their true self at the Museum. The team have committed to ensuring we all feel involved, supported, and appreciated, by working as one team, communicating thoughtfully, being proactive and showing we care.

We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways, so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

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Closing date: 12midnight Sunday 10 December.