Treasure Registration Coordinator

Learning and National Partnerships (Portable Antiquities & Treasure team)

41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)

Permanent

£29,399 per annum

Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 21st
May

About the role:

Key areas of responsibility:

• Facilitating the deposit, collection and viewing of items of Treasure at the BM, and movement of items within museum and ensuring documentation is in accurately maintained.
• Commissioning valuations from appropriate members of the antiquities trade on items of Treasure that museums wish to acquire, distributing these to interested parties and preparing the cases for Treasure Valuation Committee (TVC) meetings. Onboarding new members of the trade as appropriate. Aiding in the smooth operation of TVC meetings by preparing artefacts for viewing, ensuring all relevant documentation is available to Committee members in an organised fashion, and other tasks as needed on the day of the meeting.
• Processing of reward payments in BM financial system, including: invoicing the museum that is acquiring an item of Treasure, chasing overdue invoices, inputting bank details of interested parties, posting invoice payments and processing monthly payments of rewards.
• Working with the Resources Manager of the Portable Antiquities Scheme to provide administrative support for the Scheme.
• Line managing one Treasure Registrar, and taking an active roll in the training of other members of the team, and assist in determining workload priorities, as appropriate.

About you:

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 behindthescenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Interestfree 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.

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 because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.

We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation.

We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you.

**The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.

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