Museum Curator Manchester, England
Job description
Number of Posts
1
Advertised
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICANTS
Branch/Division
Corporate Communications
Location
Other
Grade
Grade G
Rank
Not applicable
Leadership Level
First Line Leader
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
36.25 per week
Hours
Full time
Advertised Salary
£31,434 - 33,348 per annum
Advert
Greater Manchester Police is one of the UK’s largest police forces and is responsible for keeping people safe across more than 1,200 sq km. The force covers the Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan areas.
GMP officers and staff work around the clock, to keep almost three million people safe. The force has 11 geographical policing areas, known as divisions, that ensure it provides the best possible service to the people who live, work and visit Greater Manchester.
The Greater Manchester Police museum is a very successful history museum, based in an original 19th century police station. It’s set in the heart of Manchester’s vibrant Northern Quarter and is one of the top visitor attractions in the city.
We need an energetic curator to lead the museum, develop its collections and ensure that it remains attractive and relevant.
The museum gives visitors a vivid impression of the workings of criminal justice systems in a Victorian city. The extensive archives and museum displays help bring the social history of the area to life.
We work to educate, inform and entertain people of all ages, from all communities, about the work of the police service yesterday and today.
Our museum curator will continue to develop the museum by creating eye-catching displays and events, and ensure and excellent user experience. They need to do this within the standards of the accreditation and force policies. They will work closely with the museum education and engagement officer and will also be responsible for a wide range of operational support activities that are required to keep the museum running.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of being a museum curator, fundraising, working with partnership agencies and managing volunteers. They will also be experienced in collection care and collection management. They will use these skills to harness the full potential of the museum’s collections and reach wider audiences by using new technologies in addition to maximising the appeal of the historic building and its physical displays.
Closing Date
23 Mar 2023
Recruitment Team Contact
Other Information
To be eligible for appointment as a member of police staff, you must be a British citizen or a citizen of a country that is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals are also eligible but only if they are resident in the UK free of restrictions.
After 30 June 2021, nationals of the EEA or Switzerland will also need to provide evidence that their stay is free from restrictions.
In the context of EEA nationals, we are content that pre-settled status counts as free from restrictions.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested.
Due to the Equality Act (2010) the sickness will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process and therefore candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices.
The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person in all areas of employment, including recruitment. The Police Service welcomes people with disabilities and will do its best to make reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and/ or the working environment providing it is possible to do so.
If you have a disability and you require support with your application, please let us know so we can consider and support you with any reasonable adjustments you may require. If you need any support completing this application please contact [email protected] and the recruitment team will be happy to assist .
Should you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the selection process.
Please note that you will be required to provide an educational psychologist report in support of any adjustments.
Policing values are enshrined in the Code of Ethics (a copy of which can be found at https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Ethics/Ethics-home/Documents/Code_of_Ethics.pdf
Greater Manchester Police have been informed of potential personal tax implications for members of the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, who retire and take a pension between the ages of 50 and 54 inclusive and then take up employment as a Police Staff member. Members of the police pension scheme whose age is between 50 and 54 who are re-employed as a Police Staff member have to meet certain conditions to keep their PPA and to protect against personal tax liability charges on any payments paid before the age of 55. One of those conditions is that a break of at least 1 month is required where the re-employment is ‘materially different’. However, if the role is not deemed to be ‘materially different’ then a 6 month break is required.
Every person serving with the police service needs to adhere to these standards of professional behaviour. As an applicant to Greater Manchester Police, we expect that you will hold views and attitudes in line with the Code; that if you are successful in your application you will uphold the Code of Ethics by displaying the behaviours that the Code sets out; and that you will report any conduct of others that falls short of those standards. Any failure or apparent failure to uphold the Code of Ethics will be taken seriously. It will be looked into and in cases involving serious and/or repeated failings, criminal and/or misconduct proceedings may follow. With that in mind, you are reminded that you must not share any information relating to the recruitment and assessment process. Sharing of such information could result in criminal and/or misconduct proceedings
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Minimum Age for Applications
16
