Job Description
Job Title: Museum Assistant (part-time)
Responsible to: Museum Curator and Manager
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Hours: 14.8 hours per week, two days weekly: Wednesdays and Fridays.
Salary: £15,000-16,000, depending on experience, pro-rata, per annum, 12
month contract in the first instance
Post Objective
To assist with maintaining, documenting and developing The Peace
Museum’s collections and to provide visitor services at the museum. To
maintain the operation and distribution of the travelling exhibition programme
and assist with the general administration of The Peace Museum.
General Office Administration
1. Process mail.
2. Process monetary donations and handle correspondence with regard
to donations.
3. Respond to general inquiries and assist the provision of public
information services (telephone, postal, email and face to face) relating
to the Museum’s collections and travelling exhibitions in liaison with
relevant staff.
4. Provide general maintenance and cleaning of the galleries, office,
storage spaces and toilet areas.
5. Forward invoices and payments received to Museum Treasurer.
6. Reconcile the general ledger.
Travelling Exhibitions
1. Respond to public enquiries about the museum’s nine travelling
exhibitions
2. Schedule the lending of travelling exhibitions.
3. Post and collect travelling exhibitions.
4. Clean the travelling exhibitions upon their return.
5. To monitor and forward payment for the mailing of the travelling
exhibitions.
Collections Management
1. Maintain the documentation of the collection to SPECTRUM standard,
creating computer records using Modes XML, and entering the
collection into the accession register.
2. Create a digital photographic record to be placed alongside the
computerised documentation of significant objects in the collection, and
to reconcile photographs with documentation.
3. Mark the objects with their relevant accession numbers and record
location of items on documentation and maintain the location index of
the collections.
4. Prepare items for storage and assign space for item in storage.
5. Monitor and keep a running log of the environmental conditions in the
galleries, office and storage space.
6. Consider the condition of objects, and advise the Museum Curator and
Manager of any condition concerns, transferring conservation
requirements to the documentation.
7. Identify material outside the acquisition policy criteria and make
recommendations to the Museum Curator and Manager regarding
disposal of such material according to museum policy.
8. Ensure the collection is appropriately displayed, cleaned and stored
with regard to conservation requirements.
9. Assist with public enquiries regarding the collection wherever possible
and to direct enquiries to Museum Curator and Manager.
10. Be prepared to undertake training necessary to carry out these duties.
Visitor Services
1. Meet and greet visitors and interact with visitors.
2. Monitor and maintain literature supply of handouts, brochures, etc.
3. Open and close the gallery premises.
Other
1. Liaise with other museum staff and volunteers as required.
2. Assist in the preparation of information and reports and attend
meetings as required.
3. Perform other duties as required.
Minimum Essential Requirements – Evidenced by: a: CV b: interview
You must be educated to a high standard, with excellent numeracy
and literacy skills.
Demonstrate excellent communications skills (verbal and written) at
a variety of levels.
Demonstrate an interest in our collections and their background.
Demonstrate experience of working to given deadlines.
Demonstrate computer literacy and organisational skills.
Be willing to accept relevant training.
Demonstrate experience of working on their own
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Required Skills:
The successful candidate will have some customer service background and a
keen interest in museums and history. The role requires a high level of self
motivation and a passion for working with the public.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills are essential along with the
ability to display knowledge of and/or interest in current practices and policies
relating to museums.
You will have the ability to work on your own initiative as well as being a team
player. Candidates must have the ability to prioritise workload within a multitasked environment.
It is desirable for the applicant to have a museum-related degree or equivalent
experience.
The post would operate out of two separate sites in Bradford city centre, the
visitor gallery being located on the second level of a building without a lift and
up some 60 steps.
To apply:
Please send a covering letter along with your full CV and two references to
The Peace Museum by email at: peacemuseum@bradford.gov.uk, putting
‘Museum Assistant’ in the subject line.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon, Monday, 14 March 2011.
Interviews on Monday, 28 March 2011.
For an informal discussion about the post, please telephone Julie Obermeyer,
Museum Curator and Manager on 01274 434009.
The Peace Museum is a Registered Charity (1061102) and a Company
Limited by guarantee (3297915).