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Head of Exhibitions Project Management, The British Museum

  •  London
  •  Â£50k+
  •  Full time
  •  Closes April 27, 2025
  •  NA
  • #Museums

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Job Summary

Head of Exhibitions Project Management Exhibitions and Temporary Display Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break) Permanent £56,195 per annum Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 27 April 2025

Job Description

About the role:
To oversee and ensure the delivery of the Museum's charging and non-charging temporary exhibitions in line with the Museum's Exhibition Strategy. Responsible for the development and deployment of professional project management and delivery processes to ensure the success of the exhibitions programme including, but not limited to, budget, schedule, risk, stakeholder and quality management. Management and motivation of a project management team. Stakeholder management is also a key aspect of this role.

Job Requirements

About you:
Degree in a relevant subject.
Experience in managing complex exhibition or display projects, involving multi-disciplined teams.
Experience of developing project processes e.g. budget, risk, programme, stakeholder, issue management and methodologies to deliver large projects.
Team management and development.
Excellent organisation, problem solving, risk management and communication skills.
Ability to drive programmes with multiple workstreams.
Demonstrated experience of leading and motivating teams to deliver on time and within budget.
Proven track record of building relationships across teams and departments, and externally with other organisations.
Ability to problem solve through agile and flexible thinking.
Ability to lead, motivate, create and innovate.

Job Responsibilities

Key areas of responsibility:
To ensure the successful delivery of the Museum's exhibition projects through the oversight of the project management team responsible for project delivery, and through the deployment of processes and procedures that ensure a robust, yet flexible, project delivery approach. To monitor and report on individual projects as well as the wider programme.
To develop, manage, support, and motivate a team of project managers in the delivery of exhibition and display projects within budget and project constraints, and ensuring high quality outputs. To manage resources, allocate projects within the programme and facilitate a culture of collaboration and quality.
To develop methodologies and processes that ensure a strong discipline of project administration and documentation and to report on project progress and deliverables to internal and external stakeholders as required.

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