Museum Assistant: Collections & Public Engagement

Aim Museums; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical cover

Pension (3.5% employee & 9% employer)

Job summary

The Museum of Freemasonry is seeking a Museum Assistant to join the Collections Support Team at Freemasons’ Hall, Covent Garden. The role focuses on documentation, digitisation, and public engagement to make the collection accessible.

You will create records, support exhibitions, and help deliver digital content and tours. The position is full-time, based in London, with a salary of £30,800–£32,800 per year, and a benefits package including private medical cover and a pension.

Qualifications

• Experience working with museum collections in an accredited museum or similar heritage environment.
• Experience using, or ability to learn, museum collection management systems.
• Experience supporting exhibitions or public engagement activities.
• Experience creating digital content, photography, or interpretation for public audiences.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and update digital and paper records for objects in the museum’s collection.
• Accession and catalogue objects using the museum’s collections management system.
• Maintain accurate, consistent, and informative collections records in accordance with Museum procedure and professional standards.
• Assist with collection audits, inventory checks, and location control.
• Contribute to collections documentation in accordance with SPECTRUM standards and the Museum’s Accreditation requirements.
• Apply documentation procedures consistently and improve collections data quality.
• Assist with the administration and documentation of acquisitions and accordance with the Museum’s approved Collections Development and Acquisitions Policies.
• Create digital photographs of collection objects.
• Upload and maintain digital images and associated metadata within the collections database.
• Carry out basic image editing tasks, including cropping and file management.
• Support departmental digitisation projects to improve access to the museum’s collections.
• Support the development of digital content for the Museum’s website, online collections, and interpretation.
• Support the implementation of collections care and preservation programmes.
• Label, pack and prepare objects for storage, display, and transport, and assist with the practical administration and delivery of loans.

Skills

Museum collections

Documentation & cataloguing

Public engagement

Digital photography

MS Office

Tools

Collections Management System

Job description

The Museum of Freemasonry is seeking a Museum Assistant to join the Collections Support Team at Freemasons’ Hall, Covent Garden. The role focuses on documentation, digitisation, and public engagement to make the collection accessible.

You will create records, support exhibitions, and help deliver digital content and tours. The position is full-time, based in London, with a salary of £30,800–£32,800 per year, and a benefits package including private medical cover and a pension.