Project Coordinator

V&A Museum of Childhood; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading museum of childhood in London is seeking a Project Coordinator to support the transformation of their most popular galleries. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating a world-class visitor experience and expanding the museum's reach. This full-time role comes with competitive benefits including a generous pension scheme, flexible working, and training opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

29 days plus bank holidays

Flexible working

Tickets to V&A exhibitions

Subsidised staff canteen

25% discount in V&A shops

Give as you earn scheme

Bicycle loan

Interest-free season ticket

Interest-free rental deposit loan

Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike

Wide range of training and professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff diversity networks

Qualifications

• Experience in project coordination or management.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with art and design fields preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create a world-class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
• Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
• Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact.
• Operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
• Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
• Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.

Job description

Overview

Salary £40,770

Location Cromwell Road, London

This is a Fixed Term Contract, Full Time vacancy that will close in 23 days at 23:59 BST.

The V&A is a family of museums dedicated to the power of creativity. Our mission is to champion design and creativity in all its forms, advance cultural knowledge, and inspire makers, creators and innovators everywhere. We share a 5,000-year-old story of creativity through exhibitions, events, educational programmes, digital experiences, conservation, research, and an ever-evolving national collection of over 2.8m objects spanning every creative discipline.

It could not be a more exciting time to join the V&A. As well as the opening of two new sites in East London, we have big plans to develop our galleries and other public spaces in our iconic historic buildings. We are now looking for a Project Coordinator to join our team, to support delivery of the next phase of works. The role will have a focus on the major transformation of one of our most popular galleries in South Kensington but will work with the Projects team across the full portfolio.

The V&A

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK’s national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

Our Mission Is To Be Recognised As The World's Leading Museum Of Art, Design And Performance, And To Enrich People's Lives By Promoting Research, Knowledge And Enjoyment Of The Designed World To The Widest Possible Audience. We Strive To Make The V&A Matter To More People And In That Context We Work To The Following Six Strategic Objectives

Responsibilities

1. To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
2. Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
3. Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact.
4. To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
5. Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
6. Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.

Benefits

• Generous pension scheme
• 29 days plus bank holidays
• Flexible working
• Tickets to V&A exhibitions
• Subsidised staff canteen
• 25% discount in V&A shops
• Give as you earn scheme
• Bicycle loan
• Interest-free season ticket
• Interest-free rental deposit loan
• Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike
• Wide range of training and professional development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff diversity networks

EDI at The V&A

At The V&A, We Are Committed To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion (EDI) For All And Strive To Go Above And Beyond Public Duty Placed Upon Us By The Equality Act 2010. As Such, We Are Delighted To Share That We Are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The V&A Makes The Following Commitments To All Applications

• The Disability Confident Employer scheme offers guaranteed interviews – Interviewing applicants with a disability who successfully evidence the essential criteria on a person specification and consider them on their abilities;
• Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
• Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job.
• Supporting employees and adjustments during employment.

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