Curator

**Employer**: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- **Salary**: £29,777 - £33,024 plus benefits.
- **Location**: Wirral
- **Contract**: Permanent
- **Working Pattern**: Flexible Hours/Full Time
- **Hours**: 36 hours per week.
- **DBS Check**: No
- **Closing Date**: 19/04/2024 at 23:59
- **Reference**: NS/24/275387

There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you.

**Curator**

**About the Role**:
Wirral Museums is a vibrant service that cares for a diverse collection, across two sites on behalf of Wirral Borough Council and the people of the city region.

We bring stories alive through exhibitions, events, and activities across both of our venues. A passion for audience and community is at the heart of what we do. We are constantly striving to improve and encourage engagement with our growing audience.

We are seeking a Curator to lead and manage a team of talented staff. You will drive forward change and look at news ways to present our collection whilst developing audience and income sources.

Working alongside the Venue Manager, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of exhibitions, collections care and school’s service.

We would like to hear from you if you are experienced in line management and getting the best out of a team. This is a great opportunity to join Wirral Museums at an exciting time as we celebrate Borough of Culture and look ahead to the transformation of Birkenhead Priory and our 100th birthday. If that dynamic, passionate, and driven person is you come and join us

**Interviews to be held on Wednesday 1**st** May 2024.**

**Working at Wirral**

You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start:
Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things, and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing, and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.
- Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies._
- It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances._
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