Project Delivery Dates: Full-day sessions: Wednesday 14th January, Thursday 15th January & Friday 16th January Half-day follow-up sessions: Wednesday 27 May 2026, Wednesday 30 September 2026 & Wednesday 24 February 2027 (Half-day dates may be adjusted by mutual availability) About the Project The Bradford Police Museum is seeking an experienced Freelance Curator to design and structure a series of three volunteer-led curatorial projects, each delivered over a four-month period. These projects will strengthen the museum's volunteer programme, build curatorial confidence, and create new public-facing outputs. This role is supported through the museum's wider programme of developing sustainable, skilled volunteer-led practice. The curator will inject professional expertise at key points while enabling the volunteer team to take ownership of research, interpretation and curatorial decision-making. This post, and wider project, is being funded through Museum Development North's Creative Professional Development Grant. Role Overview Contract: Freelance Fee: £300/day for 3 days (Full Day Hours - 9am to 6pm) Additional Guidance Sessions: 3 half days at £150 each (Half Day Hours - 9:30am to 2pm) Project Duration: 12 months Reporting To: Museum Manager Working With: Volunteer Curator Team (approx. 5 weekly volunteers) The freelance curator will design three structured 4-month projects that volunteers can deliver independently, each including clear learning pathways, research tasks, outputs and evaluation tools. Volunteers meet weekly (Wednesdays, 10am-3pm), providing approx. 85 hours of input per project. Person Specification Essential Desirable Deliverables The curator will begin with an in-person volunteer consultation to identify priority skills, collection areas for research or interpretation, and potential public outputs, followed by a short findings report. They will then design three 4-month volunteer-led projects, each with clear aims, learning opportunities, workflows suited to volunteer hours, expected outputs (e.g., digital or pop-up exhibitions), monitoring tools and a full toolkit including templates, research prompts, object selection guidance and exhibition text frameworks. Across the year, the curator will also deliver three half-day support sessions, one per project, to review progress, troubleshoot challenges and provide professional guidance, ensuring volunteers remain confident and on track Please submit: • A CV outlining relevant experience Deadline: Monday 15 DecemberJob Summary
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• A short supporting statement (max 1 page) explaining your approach to volunteer-led curatorial practice
• One example of a relevant project, toolkit or resource you have developed (if available)
Interviews: Monday 5 January (online)