Head of Content and Public Engagement

2 months ago


York, United Kingdom York Museums Trust Full time

**Head of Content, Curatorial and Public Engagement**

**Contract: Full time, Permanent**

**Salary Range: £52,580 to £59,457 per annum (YMT Grade 8)**

**Hours: 37 hours per week, worked over 5 days**

**Your new organisation**

York Museums Trust is an independent charitable organisation created to manage York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum & Gardens, and York St Mary’s. Our vision is to work together with audiences and communities to inspire, to share and to care for cultural heritage.

**Your new role**

We are seeking a Head of Content, Curatorial and Public Engagement to join our Senior Leadership Team and lead the development and delivery of YMT’s Public Engagement, Curatorial and Collections (PEC) activity to ensure audience development, participation, income and business plan targets are achieved.

This is a key role for YMT, responsible for bringing together opportunities for audiences, communities, volunteers, schools, academics, and stakeholders to care for and share our amazing collections and cultural heritage through inspiring and relevant public engagement activity. YMT puts audiences, inclusion and inspiration at the heart of our public programme while also supporting income generation.

York Museums Trust cares for more than one million objects, all of which are Designated as of national significance and with particular relevance to York and Yorkshire. The collections include Archaeology, Fine and Decorative Art, Social History including a significant Costume & Textiles collection and a Military History collection, Natural Sciences and Numismatics. This role is responsible for ensuring our collections are cared for, developed, researched and used to maximise public benefit.

YMT have ambitious plans so experience of major capital projects would be an advantage.

**What you’ll need to succeed**
- You will have substantial experience as part of a senior leadership team in a complex public facing organisation.
- You will have a background in museums, heritage or the wider cultural industries and will bring substantial experience leading multidisciplinary teams and working in a complex multi-site environment at a senior level.
- You will be a creative problem solver, able to oversee delivery of a complex programme of activity across YMT’s sites. You will be experienced in leading strategic partnerships and using data to inform decision making and future planning. You will be passionate about inclusion and representation and working with audiences and communities to ensure more diverse perspectives are represented in our programme.
- You will have a robust understanding of collections care and development practice across a wide range of disciplines and experience of developing collections to ensure diversity and inclusion are reflected in collecting practices.
- You will have substantial budget management experience and proven experience of delivering exhibitions and digital programmes.

**What you’ll get in return**

We offer a competitive salary, a defined benefit pension scheme, generous leave allowance and flexible working hours. The role will be based at York Castle Museum with flexibility to balance time in the office with working remotely.

**Interested?**

**How to apply**:
If, after applying, you have not heard from us by two weeks after the closing date, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

**Dates to bear in mind**

Interviews will take place on **Wednesday 5th July 2023 on site.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £52,580.00-£59,457.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 17/06/2023



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