Technical Project Coordinator

The British Museum; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned cultural institution in London is looking for a Technical Project Coordinator to support their Information Services team. The role involves documenting IT processes and security operations while collaborating closely with the Cyber Security Team. Ideal candidates should have a degree and prior experience in a professional IT setting. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits including generous annual leave and pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Membership of civil service pension scheme

Free entry to museums and exhibitions

Training and development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Previous experience documenting IT processes.
• Experience in a professional IT environment with process documentation.
• Stakeholder management and facilitating workshops experience.

Responsibilities

• Create documentation for security operations.
• Develop IT infrastructure process documentation.
• Document third-party vendor agreements related to security.
• Collaborate with the Cyber Security Team.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Technical Project Coordinator

Information Services Department

Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)

Fixed-term (12 months)

Onsite / Hybrid - approximately 3 days per week onsite

£41,723 per annum

Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Monday 24th November

About The Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and passionate Technical Project Coordinator to join the British Museum's Information Services team. The British Museum is proud to be one of the world's most visited museums. In 2024, its home in Camden received 6.5 million visitors, more than any other museum in the UK. Against this backdrop, the British Museum is now undergoing an extraordinary transformation, including with its technical development with many older legacy systems currently being updated with new technologies.

You will support the Information Services Programme and Delivery team by planning and documenting technical procedures, policies and more across the Information Services department.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Create a wide range of documentation with the Technical Services teams to manage security operations.
• Create process and system documentation that contains detailed information about the Museum's IT infrastructure, processes and procedures.
• Document agreements with third-party vendors that outline security requirements and responsibilities.
• Work closely with the Cyber Security Team in the Information Services department.

About You

You will have fantastic interpersonal, numeracy, literacy and communication skills. You should also be highly organised with an analytical mindset. In addition, you should be able to evidence:

• Degree or equivalent experience
• Previous experience documenting IT processes
• Previous experience working in a professional IT environment with experience in process documentation and delivering written reports
• Experience of stakeholder management and facilitating workshops

Benefits

• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after long service) plus 2.5 privilege days, in addition to bank holidays
• Membership of the civil service pension scheme, with very generous contributions.
• Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions all over the world
• 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
• Wide range of training and professional and personal development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Subsidised staff canteen and discounts on gift shop purchases

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 when applying.

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