Assistant Curator (The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum) Exeter, England
Job description
Education and Academic Services
Library
This new full-time post is available immediately on a permanent basis.
This role offers the opportunity for some hybrid working, although for this type of collections-based and service role, the expectation is that most working hours will be campus-based.
We welcome applications from candidates interested in job-sharing arrangements.
Summary of the role
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter is the leading moving image history museum in the UK. It is both a research and teaching facility and a free, accredited public museum, with two galleries for visitors telling the story of moving pictures (including both cinema and the optical media that preceded it) and their audiences, over the last three centuries. The museum was originally founded from the collection of renowned filmmaker Bill Douglas and is a living, growing collection that currently comprises over 87,000 items.
This role is a rare opportunity to work with this fascinating collection and to develop your career in heritage and culture. As part of the Heritage Collections Unit in the library, the post will manage day-to-day operations and delivery of the museum’s work in supporting teaching and research at the University and offering the best service to visitors to the museum. The post-holder will develop and implement improvements to our public service, as well as leading on collections management and the supervision of volunteers and interns. Reporting to the museum’s Curator, you will:
- Be able to deliver excellent customer service and work in a team, including supervising others.
- Have a museum qualification or equivalent experience.
- Show initiative, creativity, and organisation in a varied role with a range of priorities.
- Promote events and activities and engage others with the collections and their contexts.
- Have strong digital and analytical skills.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role by clicking on the attachment.
The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 and the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities released by Shanghai Rankings).
Our research income in recent years means we’re the fastest growing UK Research University with some of the world’s most influential scientists, and we seek to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99% of our research is of international quality and our world-leading research impact is growing faster than any other Russell Group university (2021 Research Excellence Framework). We are using the power of our education and research to create a sustainable, healthy and socially just future. Our shared purpose and vision continually moves us forward to make a difference to our people, our communities, our partners and the world around us. Read about our world leading research on Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world. We are located in a beautiful part of the country and Exeter (a fast growing tech hub) is one of only a few UK cities to have been designated as a UNESCO City of Literature
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.
With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.
Benefits
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
- 41 days leave per year
- options for flexible working
- numerous discounts at leading retailers
- onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
- sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
- stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England
Further information
Please contact Phil Wickham, [email protected] 01392 724321, also available on Teams
