Curatorial Coordinator (Documentation and Resource Centre) – National Football Museum

About National Football Museum

As England’s national museum for football we explore the impact of football as the game of all our lives and how it shapes our identities.

Drawing on a collection of over 40,000 objects including The FA Collection, the museum delivers community and public programmes and activities across four floors of gallery space and online. NFM aims to portray all aspects of football and reflect the material culture of football. The collections cover the experiences of clubs, players, officials, supporters and all concerned with the game at different levels, from grassroots to the elite game.

About the team

Your role will sit in NFM’s Content team, which has responsibility for collections, exhibitions and informal and formal learning at the Museum.

You will work day-to-day with the Collections team, carrying out a wide variety of tasks that support collections development, research enquiries, and collections management. You will also support the wider Content Team to ensure the collection is widely accessible to the public via exhibitions, displays, digital content, and public programming.

The role 

This full-time role is a split-site role between the museum’s Resource Centre in Preston and the National Football Museum in Manchester, with predominantly three days at Preston and two days at Manchester.

Outcomes: High standards of documentation and collections management, progress of Documentation Plan and reduction of backlog, increased public access to the Museum’s Resource Centre.

Job purpose: 

• To assist with collections management, research, enquiries and documentation
• To assist with the management of the collections database under the guidance of the Collections Manager
• To prepare objects for display and assist with installation in main galleries (Manchester)
• To carry out inventory control of displays
• To lead and assist with public engagement activities that communicate the collection to a range of audiences
• To develop and maintain an expert knowledge of the collection and subject matter.

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How to apply

Please send the following to Wiebke Cullen, Collections Manager, on [email protected]

• Your CV
• A cover letter setting out why you would like the role and showing how your skills and experience match what we’re looking for
• Contact details of two references and their relationship to you
• A completed equal opportunities monitoring form (available to download here: https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/jobs/).
• A statement of no more than 500 words showing your understanding of and commitment to the values of the National Football Museum: https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/mission-vision/

Deadline for submission of applications: 20 February 2022

Interviews: 9 March

Interviews will be held at the National Football Museum in Manchester, COVID-19 restrictions permitting. If we cannot hold interviews at the Museum, they will be held over Zoom.