Partnership Manager, Wessex Museums

In this remote, part-time role (0.6 FTW / 22.5 hours per week), you will manage the operations of the Wessex Museums Trust and oversee the delivery of partnership's NPO funded programme until March 2026, with the possibility of an extension to 2027.

The Partnership Manager will:

• Manage Wessex Museums Trust's current NPO programme of partnership activity to the end of March 2026, and potentially a further extension year to end of March 2027, subject to funding approval.
• Manage the workload associated with the partnership's charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), including supporting the Chairperson and the Board of Trustees, ensuring compliance with the Charity Commission, and managing the Trust's relationship with a wide range of stakeholders and funders.

Management of the NPO Programme 2025-27:

• Maintain strategic oversight and detailed understanding of the NPO programme objectives and deliverables, monitoring progress to ensure milestones are met.
• Ensure partner museums and WMT understand their responsibilities in relation to delivery of the NPO programme and achieve agreed outputs/outcomes.
• Responsible for the delivery of the central workstreams in the NPO programme including training & development, digital and evaluation.
• Management of the agreed NPO budget, ensuring timely grant payments to partners and sound financial reporting to the WMT Board and ACE.
• Co-ordinate the quarterly reporting across the partner museums for the NPO Activity and Investment Principles Plas for the WMT Board and ACE.
• Co-ordinate the procurement and work of subcontractors working to NPO programme deliverables, including writing contract briefs, administering recruitments and monitoring work programmes to ensure project deliverables are met to agreed standards and milestones.

Please see job description for full list of responsibilities.