Planning and Resources Manager

www.nationalmuseums.org.uk - Jobboard; London; On-site; GBP 57,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Planning and Resources Manager to lead the operational planning for exhibitions and temporary displays. This role involves managing a team to ensure high-quality delivery of projects, overseeing construction, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in project management, risk management, and budget control. Join a prestigious institution that offers a competitive benefits package and opportunities for personal and professional development while contributing to the preservation of cultural heritage.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Civil service pension scheme

Free entry to museums

Interest-free loans

Professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts on food and gifts

Qualifications

• Experience managing construction projects with multi-disciplined teams.
• Strong organizational skills for delivering multiple projects on time.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational planning for exhibitions and design activities.
• Oversee construction and technical services for exhibitions.

Skills

Project Management

Risk Management

Budget Management

Organizational Skills

Problem Solving

Team Building

Job description

Planning and Resources Manager
Exhibitions and Temporary Display
Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Permanent
£56,195 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 27 April 2025

About the role:
To facilitate the effective planning and delivery of projects and business as usual activity within the Exhibitions and Temporary Display and Design and Interpretation functions, leading a team of technical and production staff. Responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of the production of exhibitions, displays, print and other design media to a high quality and within time and budget constraints, working with other colleagues. This includes the management of external contractors, and ensuring compliance with health and safety, fire and other regulations. Provide high-level support with programme management, resource planning, and operational planning.

Key areas of responsibility:

1. To lead on operational planning for exhibition, temporary display and design activity, including programme management, resource planning, asset management, and scheduling.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. To ensure effective technical support for the delivery of exhibitions and design services.
5. To ensure mechanisms, 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:

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

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

1. Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays.
2. Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme.
3. Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions.
4. 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.
5. Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans.
6. Professional and personal development opportunities.
7. Employee Assistance Programme.
8. 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. The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants.