Job title: Project Manager
Company: British Museum
Job description: Project Manager
Salary: £38,750 pr annum
Location: Bloomsbury, London
Role Summary
Project Manager
Directorate
Full-time
Fixed term (18 Months)
£38,750 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Friday, 8 December 2023
About the role:
The postholder will be responsible for coordinating on the delivery of international display and partnership projects as part of the delivery of the Museum’s international strategy.
Key areas of responsibility:
- To develop teams for individual projects and to coordinate appropriate input of relevant stakeholders, within and outside the Museum.
- To develop project specific budgets, schedules, and objectives, and ensure projects are completed on schedule and within budget, with risks appropriately managed, to make appropriate reports.
- To manage project administration, including financial records, progress reports and reviews of completed work, and preparing all necessary paperwork for project board.
- To ensure mechanisms and processes are in place to maximize the quality of content and effective delivery of projects within the Museum’s international programme, working with colleagues across the Museum and externally.
- To report on the Museum’s international projects both internally and externally to international partners.
- Maintain all international relationships at the highest possible level and adopt a diplomatic, tactful, and professional approach at all times.
About you:
- Experience of managing public facing projects, involving multi-disciplined teams.
- Experience of project processes
- Experience of delivering exhibition or display projects
- Good facilitator and organiser.
- Excellent team player.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate well at all levels across an organisation – interacting with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to influence people to achieve “buy-in” to a project.
- A sense of tact and diplomacy and the ability to adopt a culturally sensitive approach.
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 one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:
- Membership of the civil service pension scheme
- Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
- 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.
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on food and gift shop purchases
Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
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The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated fairly because of their relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.
The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants
Expected salary: £38750 per year
Location: Bloomsbury, Central London
Job date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 08:50:36 GMT
