Museum Project Officer – Suffolk County Council

A great opportunity to join the Suffolk County Council’s Public Health, Communities Team as a Museum Project Officer, working from Ipswich.

• Do you have experience in developing and delivering museum projects?
• Can you provide professional support, advice and encourage museums to meet Museum Accreditation standards?
• Can you work effectively with museum staff, volunteers, and a range of partners?

Your role

This is an exciting opportunity to work with museums and partners across Suffolk.

Your responsibilities

You will be expected to:

• Support museums to meet national standards and align their programmes with local, regional, and national strategies.
• Develop and deliver projects that meet the needs of local communities and contribute effectively to the local economy.
• Prepare agreed funding applications for projects from a range of sources, including Arts Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund.

You will need to:

• be a confident communicator with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• be able to manage own workload, reporting to the manager on policy or resource issues
• be able to act as an advocate for museums
• be able to influence with tact and diplomacy and forge positive relationships with external agencies
• have advisory skills regarding all issues in relation to current projects to colleagues and museums
• have an empathetic and approachable manner and be positive about the role of volunteers working in museums.

The team

Funded by the SHARE Museums East as part of the Suffolk Museums Partnership, the role is governed by the Association for Suffolk Museums and managed by Suffolk County Council in partnership with and all local authorities in Suffolk. You will be based in Ipswich and work within the Public Health, Communities team in Suffolk County Council alongside the museum, arts, and libraries colleagues.

We will offer you:

This is an excellent development opportunity as it provides a breadth of experience across the museum sector and involves partnership working.  It will suit you if you are well motivated and committed to developing your career. Four previous postholders moved onto senior management heritage positions.

The post is funded to 31 March 2023. There is the possibility of extension, depending on external funding.

Salary is £27,041 pro-rata for part-time.

Travelling requirements for your role.

We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate and engage but in this role, you may need to operate across a wide and rural area, so it would be beneficial for you to either hold a full and current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability to meet the travel requirements of this role, please speak with the contact detailed below.

To find out more

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Jayne Austin, Museum Development and Partnership Manager on 01473 265008 or email: [email protected].

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How to apply

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Closing date: 16 December 2021.

Interview dates: 20 / 21 December 2021.

Due to the continued situation relating to COVID-19 and reduced occupancy in our buildings, we are starting to explore and trial new hybrid and remote working practices. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements, please contact the recruiting manager.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. We are also committed to flexible working.

We are committed to flexible working. To view the types of flexible or part time working available for this role, please see the Job and Person Profile.

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