delivery driver Duxford, England
Job description
Opportunity ID
296
This role is an excellent opportunity to join our busy Collections Management team and learn how to carry out a range of core museum tasks in a national museum.
Project Delivery Assistants are responsible for the accurate location and movement of objects using barcode technology. The team get to handle, move and document the vast range of objects IWM cares for. You will contribute to projects to increase access and use to the collections or to ensure they are cared for to a high standard. The work will include basic documentation, labelling, preparing collections for digitisation or for movement to newly renovated storage locations.
The role is based full time on site at IWM Duxford and is not possible to work from home.
Your duties will include:
1. To undertake movement of items to and from store, the IWM Research Room and between branches to agreed schedules. This will, on occasion, include the moving licenced and hazardous objects as part of the IWM collections. Locations must be updated as set out in the Museum’s Location Policy and Procedures.
2. To undertake object inventory documentation.
3. To assist in the delivery of core corporate projects. Activity will be divided across the team into Projects and will include, for example, support of:
- To undertake inventory, basic documentation and exit processes,
- Overseeing processing of access digitisation orders,
- Collection movement projects,
- Supporting exhibition installations at all IWM branches
- Reorganisation of storage areas, including undertaking packing projects, as defined by media requirements and storage environment to an agreed schedule,
- Contributing to the housekeeping, cleaning and maintenance of collection items and storage areas,
- Basic condition checking of collections (e.g. identifying paper requiring minor repairs, minor repairs on library books).
4. To identify any collection condition issues, risks or building defects (plant or fabric) to the Head of Collection Projects.
5. To provide supervision of contractors and IWM staff requiring collection access. This will include supervising temporary staff or contractors working on collection projects.
6. Deputising for the Project Delivery Managers as appropriate, for example monitoring and reporting on project progress, allocating work to the wider team and supervising staff/contractors.
7. To ensure adherence to safe working practices, working to agreed method and risk assessments.
8. The post-holder is based at IWM Duxford but will, on occasion, be required to work or attend meetings or training sessions at any of the museum’s locations as directed. This is likely to be once every 3-4 months.
Training standard required – E-Learning IOSH Working Safely (Course duration 2 working weeks for completion)
- Work in such a manner as to ensure their own safety and the safety of others including members of the public and report to their Manager any hazards, dangerous occurrences or dangerous equipment they see, and any accident they are involved in or that they witness.
Staff must be aware of and abide by IWM’s information security, data protection and health and safety policies regarding the handling of all sensitive and personal data
For a full list of duties and the person specification (which your application will be marked against) please view the Job Description.
August 6th 2023, 9:00 AM
Interviews for this post are planned for the week commencing 14th August 2023
As an employee of the IWM Trading Company, the benefits listed below are discretionary and IWM reserves the right, with due notice, to vary or withdraw them at any time. All such benefits apply during the course of your employment only.
- The annual leave allowance is 31 days per annum rising to 36 days after 5 years
- Access to our Pension Scheme arrangements including employer contributions.
- Access to select a range of benefits to suit your personal circumstances and lifestyle via our benefits platform, IWM4me. IWM4me offers IWM staff a wide range of health, protection, and lifestyle benefits, many at corporate rates not available on the high street.
- Free sanitary products provided at all sites.
- 20% discount in all IWM’s on-site shops.
- A 25% discount in IWM’s cafes.
- Free entry to all IWM Air shows at IWM Duxford.
- Free entry to a large number of other museums & galleries and their exhibitions which we have reciprocal arrangements with.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits dependent on length of service.
- Access to our in-house training programmes and development
- Access to an interest free season ticket loan scheme
- Access to a Ride 2 Work Scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, and Career Development Advice.
- IWM staff also have access to The Charity for Civil Servants services and support.
- Eligibility to join the Civil Service Sports Club, securing additional discounts and benefits.
- Access to social events run by groups with IWM.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This role is subject to:
An enhanced check, which shows the same as a standard check plus any information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role. This includes a check of the barred lists, which shows the same as an enhanced check plus whether the applicant is on the adults’ barred list, children’s barred list or both.
IWM is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunities.
We miss out when people feel IWM isn't for them, and are committed to removing and reducing barriers to make IWM open to everyone.
Our Access and Inclusion strategy has been developed to promote openness, equal opportunities to access, inclusivity and encourage diversity in everything that we do, from employment practices, the services we provide to our visitors to the facilities we make available to public.
At IWM we seek to address the need for greater diversity within our workforce as well as the wider museum and heritage sector. In all our practices we embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity and we welcome applications from suitable candidates of all backgrounds.
