Senior Administrator: Collection Projects

3 weeks ago

Bloomsbury, United Kingdom The British Museum Full time

**Collection Projects and Resources**
**Full-time**
**Permanent**
**£27,999 **per annum**
**Application deadline: Midday (12pm) on Wednesday 10th May 2023**

**About the role**:
This is an exciting opportunity for an administrator to join the British Museum’s thriving Collection Projects team and provide excellent office management and administrative support to support the delivery of collection move projects across the Bloomsbury estate and outstations. As well as providing an insight into project management and other Museum activity.

**Key areas of responsibility**:
In this role you will work closely with the Collection Projects team to manage and deliver administrative support for a programme of major collection moves. You will manage the collection moves projects office, including health and safety compliance and undertaking fire warden duties as appropriate. The role will also manage and monitor collection project budgets, including raising POs and ordering materials and equipment; schedule and minute meetings, manage internal communications and events; manage and schedule travel arrangements, including travel insurance, risk assessments and visas; and assist the Project Coordinator in acting as a liaison point for collection move projects.

**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 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.

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 fairly because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.

We are also currently piloting a flexible way of working that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage and 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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