Museum Technician

Hull Culture and Leisure Ltd; Hull and East Yorkshire; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS pension

23 days annual leave + public holidays

Career development opportunities

Training courses and learning methods

Job summary

Hull Culture & Leisure Ltd is seeking a part-time Museum Technician to assist with exhibition installations across Hull Museums and Art Gallery. The role focuses on construction, lighting, and audio-visual delivery, with a strong emphasis on new digital technologies and collaboration with curatorial staff.

The post requires a technical qualification (engineering, metalwork, joinery, or equivalent) and broad technical experience, preferably in heritage or art environments.

Qualifications

• Post holder will have a technical qualification in engineering, metalwork, joinery, or similar technical skills (or equivalent experience).
• General technical experience is essential, preferably in a heritage or art environment.

Responsibilities

• Construct, repair, install and maintain display cases, screens, plinths, barriers and other display equipment with curatorial guidance.
• Maintain permanent displays to high standards and minimise risk of damage to collections.
• Set up, construct and dismantle new displays and exhibitions across the heritage service, including framing and glazing.
• Assist with operation and care of audio visual equipment and support events/out-of-hours bookings.
• Provide cost estimates for technical work/materials/equipment from contractors.
• Support the technical team in delivering a rolling programme of exhibitions across Hull Museums and Art Gallery service.

Skills

Technical skills

Heritage environment experience

Exhibition handling

Education

Engineering/Technical qualification

Tools

Audio Visual Equipment

Job description

## Museum TechnicianApply: HU1: Part time: Posted Today: End Date: 4 November 2026 (19 days left to apply): JR0001228**Number of Vacancies:**1**Time Type:**Part time**Worker Type:**Regular**Proposed Interview Date:**Wednesday, November 11, 2026**Hours of Work:**22**Hiring Manager:**Caroline Rhodes**Contact Number:**01482 612849We are the largest Leisure and Culture employer in Hull and offer candidates enviable pay and conditions packages including, a generous annual leave allowance, on the job training opportunities and career development. For more information on the benefits of working for us please visit the ‘Working at Hull Culture & Leisure’ page.**Job Description Summary:**Are you interested in working with fine art and museum objects? Helping to install high profile exhibitions across a large museum and gallery service. Hull Culture & Leisure Limited is seeking a part-time Museum Technician. The role will involve assisting with exhibition installations, including construction, lighting and audio visual and will have a particularly strong focus on new digital technologies, working across all Hull Museums sites as and where required. The post holder will have a technical qualification in engineering, metalwork, joinery, or similar technical skills (or equivalent experience). General technical experience is essential, preferably in a heritage or art environment. If you would like to know more about this position please contact: Caroline Rhodes, Collections Curator on 07769 657 019 for an informal discussion. ROLE AND PURPOSE To provide technical support across the Hull Museums and Art Gallery service. To install exhibitions, including construction, lighting and audio visual. Maintenance of permanent and temporary displays. Handling of museum objects and fine art.**PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:** 1. Construct, repair, install and maintain display cases, screens, plinths, barriers and other items of display equipment in consultation with the curatorial staff and the senior technician. 2. Maintain permanent displays to enable museums/gallery exhibits to be presented to the public to a high standard, and to minimise risk of damage or deterioration to the collections. 3. Setting up, constructing and dismantling new displays and exhibitions across the heritage service, including picture framing, glazing, mount cutting, painting etc. to ensure a high standard of visual presentation 4. Driving and transportation duties, including packing/unpacking, loading/unloading and movement of museum objects and fine art, both long-distance outside the city, and between heritage service sites/other venues in Hull. 5. Provide to managers costs for technical work/materials/equipment from contractors or companies, for technical work across the heritage service. 6. Assist with operation and care of audio visual equipment, to ensure they are working at all times. This may also include assisting with events, exhibition openings, or external bookings out of hours. 7. Support the heritage service in the development and implementation of projects as required. 8. Handling and moving museum objects and fine art under the supervision of the curator in charge 9. Assist the rest of the technical team in supporting the curatorial team in delivering a rolling programme of exhibitions across the heritage service, and carry this out to a high standard and to set deadlines. 10. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on the Company, as your employer and you as an employee of the Company. In addition to the Company’s overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health & safety and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Company’s Corporate H&S policy. HCL018.Museum Technician G4.pdf**Compensation Grades:**GRADES 4.**Pay Ranges:**£26,427.00 - £27,274.00**Job Classifications:**3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post)**Benefits of Working of Hull Culture & Leisure:** - A competitive salary - An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period - Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods - Supportive and forward-thinking culture - Great career development opportunitiesPlease ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date.We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.Hull Culture & Leisure is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and is an equal opportunity employer.Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.