Collections Manager Salary: Band: 11, £45,718 - £49,764 p.a. The Service: Portsmouth Museums & Visitor Services are responsible for the care of the city's museum collections - comprising some 500,000 items that document the history and culture of the city - and for making them accessible to both residents and visitors. The service operates six museum sites - The D-Day Story, Southsea Castle, Charles Dickens' Birthplace, Portsmouth Natural History Museum, Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery & Eastney Beam Engine House. A range of audience development initiatives ensure that people from communities across the city and beyond have access to and are able to benefit from the collections we hold. What is the role? You will lead and manage the collections team to conserve, develop and curate our collections. You will direct and inspire your team to improve accessibility and promotion of our collections to ensure their long-term preservation. This role requires strong leadership and project management skills and a passion for cultural heritage to foster meaningful connections between collections and our local communities. You will undertake a holistic review of storage, working with the curators and head of service, you will be responsible for creating and implementing a 5-year plan to improve the storage for all our collections. In addition, you will develop and regularly review policies and procedures on collections management, including monitoring the safety and condition of the collection to Benchmarks standards, and recording all collections activity, ensuring that all legal and statutory requirements are met. The postholder will work across two of our key cultural services, Museums and the Library & Archives (80% of time to be spent with the Museums service) and will take a leadership role as part of the senior management team, deputising for the head of the museum service when required. With a passion for history and a strong desire to share heritage, you will have senior curatorial experience and a proven track record of working with collections. This will include managing museum collections, including acquisitions and disposals, loan programmes, documentation, cataloguing, digitisation and storage in line with accreditation and industry standards. You will have a professional knowledge of the national heritage and museums sectors and the issues, standards and best practice required for accreditation through Arts Council England. With extensive experience of leading and managing a team you will have excellent communication and organisation skills as well as experience of effectively managing projects and workflows with competing priorities. In addition, you will have extensive experience of leading and managing a team as well as a degree or post-graduate qualification in a relevant arts/humanities subject or equivalent. A full driver's licence is required. What is the role? You will lead and manage the collections team to conserve, develop and curate our collections. You will direct and inspire your team to improve accessibility and promotion of our collections to ensure their long-term preservation. This role requires strong leadership and project management skills and a passion for cultural heritage to foster meaningful connections between collections and our local communities. You will undertake a holistic review of storage, working with the curators and head of service, you will be responsible for creating and implementing a 5-year plan to improve the storage for all our collections. In addition, you will develop and regularly review policies and procedures on collections management, including monitoring the safety and condition of the collection to Benchmarks standards, and recording all collections activity, ensuring that all legal and statutory requirements are met. For further details and to view the job profile please click on the link which will give you access to the job profile as well as details of how to apply.Job Summary
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