Senior Service Manager Museums & Heritage

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Please note this vacancy is only available to Birmingham City Council employees.

Senior Service Manager - Museums & Heritage
Permanent
Grade
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week

Do you want to play a key role in shaping the future of one of the UKs most significant urban heritage and museum portfolios

Birmingham City Council is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Service Manager Museums & Heritage to lead the commissioning development and delivery of the Councils museums and heritage portfolio at a critical and exciting time.

This is a senior high-profile role with responsibility for managing the Councils relationship with Birmingham Museums Trust and leading the development and delivery of the Councils Heritage Strategy. You will act as the Councils lead officer on museums and heritage shaping policy securing investment and ensuring excellent governance value for money and public benefit.

Were looking for a passionate individual who brings...

• Experience in heritage museums archaeology cultural policy or a related field.
• Strong experience managing contracts or commissioned cultural services.
• Proven success in securing heritage or capital funding.
• Experience developing heritage or cultural strategies and policies.
• Knowledge of heritage planning and conservation frameworks.
• Excellent communication negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage complex projects finances and risk in a public-sector environment.

What youll be doing...

• Lead the Councils relationship with Birmingham Museums Trust including contract management performance and value for money.
• Oversee the reopening of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery coordinating across council services and partners.
• Lead the development and delivery of the Councils Heritage Strategy aligned to planning and policy frameworks.
• Secure major external investment through heritage funding bids.
• Oversee delivery and governance of funded heritage programmes and capital projects.
• Act as the Councils senior professional lead on museums heritage and conservation.
• Build strong partnerships locally regionally and nationally.

This role offers the opportunity for you to help shape the future of one of the UKs most important city heritage portfolios.

What we offer in return

• Membership of West Midlands Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement 30 days increasing with length of service
• My Rewards Scheme access to over 800 brands providing discounts and savings
• Health and wellbeing support independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

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Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer andwe arecommitted to employing retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments additional support accessibility needs or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance withUK Home Office requirements before any employment offer can be confirmed.

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