Collections Manager

The Care Workers Charity; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Hill is assisting a prestigious historic organisation in recruiting a Collections Manager in London. You will care for a diverse heritage collection, overseeing accessioning, cataloguing, documentation and storage.

You will lead documentation projects and help plan exhibitions, with loans, conservation and disaster recovery considered as part of the role. The successful candidate will have a degree in museum studies or collections management, demonstrable experience with varied

Qualifications

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in museum studies, collections management or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience managing a varied collection.
• Experience developing heritage interpretation and delivering exhibitions and displays.
• Strong research and project management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Manage accessioning, cataloguing, documentation and storage of heritage objects and artworks.
• Lead collections documentation projects, ensuring accurate and accessible records.
• Plan and deliver exhibitions and displays, creating engaging interpretation for diverse audiences.
• Advise on selection, presentation and display of collections across the organisation's premises.
• Manage external loans, including documentation, insurance and environmental monitoring.
• Undertake condition surveys and recommend conservation measures.
• Contribute to disaster recovery planning and the Conservation Management Plan.
• Support education and outreach through research, talks, workshops, events and publications.

Skills

Collections management

Exhibitions planning

Documentation

Budget awareness

Research skills

Education

Degree in museum studies or collections management

Job description

Harris Hill is delighted to be partnering with a prestigious historic organisation to recruit a Collections Manager.

Salary: Circa £45,000

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small Heritage team, taking responsibility for the care, management, preservation and interpretation of a diverse and significant heritage collection.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage the accessioning, cataloguing, documentation and storage of heritage objects and artworks.
• Lead collections documentation projects, ensuring accurate and accessible records.
• Plan and deliver exhibitions and displays, creating engaging interpretation for a range of audiences.
• Advise on the selection, presentation and display of collections across the organisation's premises.
• Manage external loans, including documentation, insurance and environmental monitoring.
• Undertake condition surveys and recommend appropriate conservation measures.
• Contribute to disaster recovery planning and the Conservation Management Plan.
• Support education and outreach through research, talks, workshops, events and publications.

The successful candidate will have:

• A degree or postgraduate qualification in museum studies, collections management or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience managing a varied collection.
• Experience developing heritage interpretation and delivering exhibitions and displays.
• Strong research and project management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and budgets.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced collections professional to help preserve and bring an important heritage collection to life, developing new opportunities for education and engagement.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.