Museum Collections & Digitisation Assistant

The Museum; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical cover

Pension

Free Life Assurance

Holiday (25 days increasing to 30 days

Interest free season ticket loan

Gym membership (subsidised)

Health and Wellbeing Benefits

Flexible working

Job summary

The Museum of Freemasonry seeks a Museum Assistant to join the Collections Support Team. The role focuses on documentation, digitisation, interpretation, and public engagement of the collection, helping to make it accessible both physically and digitally.

Under the Head of Museum, you will support exhibitions, research services, and access to collections for researchers and the public, contributing to ongoing projects and to improving cataloguing quality.

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.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work accurately with collections information.

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 collections records following procedures and standards.
• Assist with collection audits, inventory checks, and location control.
• Contribute to collections documentation following SPECTRUM standards and Accreditation requirements.

Skills

Museum knowledge

Public engagement

Documentation & records

Digital content creation

Photography

Research

Tools

Collections management system

Job description

The Museum of Freemasonry seeks a Museum Assistant to join the Collections Support Team. The role focuses on documentation, digitisation, interpretation, and public engagement of the collection, helping to make it accessible both physically and digitally.

Under the Head of Museum, you will support exhibitions, research services, and access to collections for researchers and the public, contributing to ongoing projects and to improving cataloguing quality.