Heritage Operations Manager Nottingham, England
Job description
Heritage Operations Manager
About the Role - Organisation: Nottingham City Council
Salary: £36,298 per annum rising to £38,296 per annumon first year of anniversary – pro rata for part time (subject to satisfactory completion of probation period)
Working Hours & Contract: Full Time, Permanent – Annualised Hours – 1929 hours per year
Location: Museum Heritage Sites in Nottingham
Closing date: 8th April 2023
Interview date: 19th April 2023
Are you an individual who has Leadership and Partnership experience and is able to delegate and inspire a team? Do you have knowledge or issues regards to visitor attractions such as heritage sites, historic parks? If so, come and join the organisation with a world of wonder on our doorstep.
We are pleased to announce we are re-opening Nottingham Castle, and as part of this great news, we have a fantastic opportunity to hire a Heritage Operations Manager.
At Nottingham City Council, you will be expected to demonstrate our core behaviours, linked to four themes; Individual Leadership: by putting our citizens and customers first, delivering against your objectives, helping to set direction, and putting forward ideas for improvements; Equality Diversity & Inclusion: by ensuring we consider the needs of all NCC citizens in our work, show respect for others, upholding and adhering to the Council’s Code of Conduct; Change & Innovation: by being creative, delivering change when needed, sharing problems, and helping to bring forward suggestions for improvements; Collaboration: by working well with others, identifying the needs of colleagues and others to deliver great services and by being a good communicator who works well with a range of audiences.
The successful candidate will be responsible for health and safety, security, maintenance, site audits, processes and protocols. The Heritage Operations Manager will be responsible for licensing & legal compliance for all buildings, structures and estates within the Heritage & Museums service. The post holder will ensure all statutory requirements are fully met across all heritage museum sites acting as an advocate for integrated site management. The Heritage Operations Manager will provide operational management support at Nottingham Castle and other museum sites, as directed.
Why Us? Our Rewards and Benefits
There has never been a better time to join Nottingham City Council. Known for inclusivity and innovation, we have also won a host of Employee Benefits Awards, are a leading employer of Apprentices and we are continually working around the clock to deliver high quality services for Nottingham’s citizens, visitors, and investors.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 25 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – work life balance plan just for you
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a Nottingham City Council employee you can find them on our Job Opportunities page.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
Nottingham City Council are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we are striving to have a reflective workforce of the citizens we serve. As a result of our commitment, we anonymise all applications to remove the risk of unconscious bias. The application process will capture your personal details (including your name) and these details will only be made visible to recruiting managers once the shortlisting stage has been completed.
Further Information
For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Rachel James, Email: [email protected]
Nottingham City Council is open to conversations regarding flexible working options at the point of interview.
TO APPLY – Please submit an up-to-date CV AND a personal statement based on the person specification below.
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
· Knowledge / experience of issues regards to managing multiple museums, heritage sites, historic parks, visitor attractions related to operations areas
· Experience of working at a senior level with experience of delivering a range of functions & effective improvements to across sites and services
· Knowledge and practical experience of Health & Safety regulations, building, grounds maintenance and site security
· Experience of managing and leading a team including to delegate, inspire, and encourage effective team and cross site/service work
· Experience of maintenance of IT, AV business management systems and application of Microsoft packages
· Able to work across all museum sites –including evening, weekends and bank holidays
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £36,298.00-£38,296.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Application question(s):
- Please provide a personal statement based on the person specification
Work Location: One location
Application deadline: 08/04/2023
Expected start date: 07/05/2023
