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Head of Informal Learning and Public Programmes – Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
14/07/2022 in Job Vacancies
Job Title: Head of Informal Learning and Public Programmes
Salary: £42,149
Hours: Full time
Term: Fixed-term post for 1 year
Location: Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH
Closing date: 12:00 pm 21 July 2022
Salary: £42,149
Hours: Full time
Term: Fixed-term post for 1 year
Location: Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH
Closing date: 12:00 pm 21 July 2022
The Ashmolean Museum is seeking to appoint a proactive and enthusiastic individual to join the Audience and Content Department as the Head of Informal Learning and Public Programmes. You will be working with the Informal Learning and Public Programmes Team – a fast-paced, creative team, responsible for the development and delivery of all programmes to families, young people and adults, both online and through the wider community.
- Are you a hands-on strategic leader?
- Are you able to think commercially while keeping audiences at the core of your practice?
Are you a creative innovator, able to animate museum collections to inspire and enthuse informal learners? - Do you have experience of working young people (16-24) not in employment or education?
Do you want to drive innovation and change? - Can you take a year out to build your experience and skill in delivering change and innovation?
Then this is the role for you.
The Head of Informal Learning and Public Programmes at the Ashmolean Museum is a fixed term cover. We are at the start of an exciting journey, rethinking our Public Programmes and we are seeking an imaginative, results-driven, change-maker and action-taker to help us. You will join a collaborative team of four senior managers in the newly formed Audience & Content Directorate that will support you to succeed. Alongside leading a small team, you will set up a Youth Collective with 16-24 years old. Whether you are looking for a new challenge, a break from your current work or see this opportunity as a career move, we want to hear from you. Join us and we will enable you to be an agent of change.
This is a full-time, fixed-term post for 1 year (part-time options will also be considered).
This job includes duties that will require a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check result.
You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CV’s alone will not be considered.
Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example shared parental leave.
Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST/GMT) on Thursday 21 July 2022 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 10 August 2022.