Assistant Exhibitions Registrar

National Museums; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Tate Liverpool is the UK’s most popular museum of modern and contemporary art outside London. As the home of the national collection in the North, it is a gallery of international standing, in a historic location, in an iconic world city.

The gallery is currently undergoing an ambitious transformation that will reimagine its spaces to meet the scale and ambition of today’s most exciting artists. Described as “Britain’s most important cultural project”, the gallery will reopen in 2027, making

Qualifications

• You will have excellent communication, organisational and planning skills, and experience of liaising effectively with a diverse range of colleagues and external contacts within a gallery/museum or similar environment.
• You will have an understanding of fine art transportation, Government Indemnity, commercial insurance and international museum standards, preferably from a similar role.
• You will apply your meticulous attention to detail to loan agreements, exhibition coordination and artwork location management, resolving issues through negotiation and problem-solving, with the ability to stay calm and focused under pressure.
• Strong IT and database skills are a must, along with need a detailed eye for budgets.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise and manage the packing, transport and insurance for loans from external lenders.
• Ensure display standards and compliance for temporary exhibitions and tours.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Planning

Liaison

IT skills

Database skills

Budget awareness

Job description

Tate Liverpool is the UK’s most popular museum of modern and contemporary art outside London. As the home of the national collection in the North, it is a gallery of international standing, in a historic location, in an iconic world city.

The gallery is currently undergoing an ambitious transformation that will reimagine its spaces to meet the scale and ambition of today’s most exciting artists. Described as “Britain’s most important cultural project”, the gallery will reopen in 2027, making this an exciting moment to join our team.

As Assistant Exhibitions Registrar you will work with the Exhibitions Registrar to plan, organise and manage the packing, transport and insurance arrangements for loans from external lenders for temporary exhibitions, displays and international and national exhibition tours, to international museum standards.

You will have excellent communication, organisational and planning skills, and experience of liaising effectively with a diverse range of colleagues and external contacts within a gallery/museum or similar environment. You will have an understanding of fine art transportation, Government Indemnity, commercial insurance and international museum standards, preferably from a similar role. You will apply your meticulous attention to detail to loan agreements, exhibition coordination and artwork location management, resolving issues through negotiation and problem-solving, with the ability to stay calm and focused under pressure. Strong IT and database skills are a must, along with need a detailed eye for budgets.

National Museum Directors' Council, National Museums Liverpool, World Museum, WilliamBrown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN