Museum Development Officer

Do you have excellent museum experience and want to support museum staff and volunteers across Hampshire?

As Museum Development Officer, you’ll be part of Museum Development South West, the Arts Council England funded support programme for museums in our region. Providing advice that helps museums thrive, coordinating projects and networks to address local priorities, and signposting to resources and guidance available – those are all key elements of this dynamic, people-centred and flexible role.

A bit about you

You’ll enjoy working with people, and using your first-hand experience working in the museum sector, provide tailored, effective and balanced advice that is practical as well as representing current best practice.

You’ll use your strong communication skills to network effectively, as well as being able to master prioritisation. Committed to continuous learning and development, you’ll stay ahead of the game about guidance, case-studies, policies and support opportunities

But don’t worry if you don’t if you don’t meet all of our essential and desirable criteria. If you bring first-hand experience of working in the UK museum sector, we would love to hear from you. We are happy to explore flexible working arrangements where we can, please let us know of any preferences.

What it’s like to work for us

At Hampshire Cultural Trust we have a vision to create inspirational culture experiences that enrich and transform lives. Our main role is to manage and support visitor attractions across Hampshire and deliver county-wide outreach programmes that bring great culture to local communities; but we also provide targeted regional support through our role as an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) and as hosts for the local delivery of the Portable Antiquities Scheme and Museum Development support.

For this role, we are working hand-in-hand with our partners at Museum Development South West (MDSW) and as part of the national network that will be coordinated centrally by Arts Council England. Together, our aim is to effect positive, lasting change and deliver public value.

We are committed to promoting equity, inclusion and diversity and a culture that actively values difference. We recognise that people from different backgrounds and experiences can enhance the way we perform and work. We aim to be inclusive, valuing, and respectful of diversity, developing the ability to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve and seeks to engage.

The benefits of working for us

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro-rated for part time working)
• 7.5% Employer pension contributions
• Generous occupational maternity, adoption and paternity pay
• Enhanced occupational sick pay
• Emergency leave scheme
• Life assurance scheme (x3 annual salary)
• Industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
• Interest-free Season ticket loans and travel loans from first day of employment
• Charity Worker Discounts Scheme (savings on retail, leisure, groceries, travel etc.)
• Access to same day GP appointments for employees and their immediate family
• Access to free eye tests and vouchers towards glasses for VDU use
• Free flu vaccination vouchers
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Health Cash Plan (cashback on dental, optical, medical for monthly subscription cost)
• Opportunities to learn, develop and progress
• Free tea and coffee in all our venues
• Team Card - Free access to our fee paying venues and discounts across café and retail.

We will be running a dynamic recruitment process so we would encourage candidates to submit an application as soon as possible as we will be interviewing candidates before the closing date.

To apply please fill in the application form with an up-to-date CV and a covering letter to share with us the context for applying and why you would excel in the position.

Closing date for applications: 7 April 2024

To find out more about us visit our website www.hampshireculture.org.uk and https://careers.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/