Museum Collections and Exhibition Officer

Prospective Staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.

Purpose Of The Role

The Museum Collections and Exhibitions Officer shall oversee the management and care of the museums vast collection including; documentation photographs and objects. They shall develop and implement collections managements policies procedures in line with museum standards and accreditation requirements. The role also involves acquisition loans and disposals of collection items. The Museum Collections and Exhibitions Officer shall bring our collection to life by developing exhibitions for the public with a focus on accessibility working alongside our engagement team and the Funding and Grants Officer.

Main duties and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

The Museum Collections and Exhibitions Officer manages and cares for the museums collection ensuring its proper documentation preservation and accessibility. This includes tasks like cataloguing objects maintaining records monitoring environmental conditions and developing and supporting exhibitions.

Supporting in the identification and development of grant and funding opportunities to maximise the opportunities for WMP Museum.

To be responsible for the seamless and efficient day-to-day management and preservation of the museums collections and organising a programme of high-quality engaging exhibitions at the museum.

Enhancing the visitor experience and journey at every opportunity this is a vital role to support the museum tell the stories of the past while taking every opportunity to communicate important information and messaging from policing today.

Ensure the museums collections are accessible and interpreted effectively for all audiences

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Working Hours

The role is a part time role hours will be 21.54. There can be some flexibility around whether the successful applicant will work 3 days a week or up to 5 shorter days. The working days are normally between Monday and Friday maybe some requirement for the odd Saturday.

Please note the salary quoted will be pro rata based on the part time hours.

Location

Based at the West Midlands Police Museum 40 Steelhouse Lane Birmingham B4 6BJ

Allowances

N/A

Vetting:

Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical:

Successful applicants will be subject to a medical assessment which mayinclude a drug or hearing test.

Interviews:

W/C 7th September

Contact:

For more information please contact

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to notethat there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example:in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume seasonal and high-peak times the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled these circumstances the employer could select the candidates whobestmeet the essential criteria for the job as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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