Planning and Resources Manager

Trustees of the British Museum; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious institution in London seeks a Project Manager to lead exhibition delivery and design activities. This vital role requires expertise in managing large-scale projects, ensuring safety and high-quality standards, while working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills and experience in budget management, alongside a passion for bringing cultural exhibitions to life.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Membership of civil service pension scheme

Free entry to museums and exhibitions

Professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Interest-free loans

Qualifications

• Experience managing large-scale construction projects with multi-disciplined teams.
• Demonstrable experience in risk management and budget control.
• Excellent planning skills with the ability to manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational planning for exhibitions and design activities.
• Oversee delivery of exhibitions, ensuring quality and safety compliance.
• Manage procurement for exhibition construction and related services.

Skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Team-building

Stakeholder management

Job description

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Key areas of responsibility:

• To lead on operational planning for exhibition, temporary display and design activity, including programme management, resource planning, asset management, and scheduling.
• To oversee the successful delivery of the construction of exhibitions and related technical services, and their dismantling following closure, safely and securely, within budget, to schedule to a high quality. Includes managing discrete multi-disciplinary teams within wider exhibition projects.
• To support the procurement of exhibition construction and technical services. To work closely with project managers in this regard for large exhibition projects, in particular for the preparation and management of tenders, and the selection of contractors.
• To ensure effective technical support for the delivery of exhibitions and design services.
• To ensure appropriate mechanisms and processes are in place, reviewed regularly and updated, to maximise the effectiveness of exhibition construction, print product and related technical services. To do so in liaison with key stakeholders, ensuring safe and secure operations, in compliance with CDM, health and safety and all relevant regulatory requirements.

About you:
• Experience of managing large-scale or construction projects, involving multi-disciplined teams.
• Experience managing and administering projects, including risk management; issue resolution; change management; cost control; budget management.
• Experience planning and managing a programme or portfolio of projects or work packages involving planning of resources and scheduling.
• Excellent organisational, administrative and planning skills, including examples of delivering multidisciplinary projects simultaneously and confidently.
• Demonstratable experience prioritising multiple workloads and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Ability to research, report on, and develop project briefs to achieve the clients needs and desired design.
• Skilled planner, with an ability to prioritise and manage oversight of several projects at once.
• Strong grasp of desired end result, with the ability to problem solve and adapt to changes as they come.
• Strong team-building skills and the ability to influence and manage positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

About the British Museum:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is a leading visitor attraction, and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. The Museum also holds an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists such as Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.

You can view a selection of our impressive collection of prints and drawings in our virtual gallery.

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays.
• Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out here what benefits a civil service pension provides).
• Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
• Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
• Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details to [emailprotected] .
The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.
We specifically encourage applications from candidates from ethnic minority groups who are underrepresented within our senior roles.

We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you.

The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.