Treasure Registration Coordinator

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom British Museum Full time

Treasure Registration Coordinator (S3)
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:

The British Museum (BM) is looking for a dynamic, knowledgeable and organised person to join our team administering finds of Treasure reported under the Treasure Act 1996. The successful candidate will work with the Treasure Registration Coordinator to provide important logistical direction to the rest of team and ensure efficient processing of valuations and reward payments in cases that are acquired by museums. It will also provide important administrative support for the wider Portable Antiquities Scheme Central Unit.

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:

The successful candidate will have extensive experience with and be comfortable using Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). They will have experience working with museum collections or comparable material in an official capacity and in processing financial paperwork (e.g. purchase orders, invoices). They will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the law regarding Treasure in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, both its purpose and how it operates in practice. They will be educated to at least A-level or equivalent, preferably having a university degree. The candidate will be required to work from the main museum site in Bloomsbury at least three days per week and whenever work requires it.

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 behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
Generous annual leave allowance
Interest-free 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.

If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of in order to support you with your application, please provide details to bmrecruit@britishmuseum.org.

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.

National Museum Directors' Council, Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG.

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