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Shape the future of cultural heritage at the British Museum as a Handover Manager
Overview
Salary
£46742 - £51088
Location
Bloomsbury
Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation summary - The British Museum, a beacon of cultural history, houses a collection that spans millennia, including iconic treasures like the Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies. As one of the most visited attractions worldwide, the Museum invites you to be a part of their mission to preserve and showcase human history and culture. This role offers a chance to contribute to the museum's evolving masterplan and ensure the integrity of its facilities for around 6 million visitors each year.
- Role Summary
- Work closely with senior stakeholders, supply-chain partners, and support teams.
- Oversee technical services for maintenance requirements of new or refurbished projects.
- Assess maintenance implications and manage project handovers to FM Contractors.
- Ensure compliance with CDM regulations, Health, Safety, Environmental standards, and statutory compliance.
- Advise on project stages and develop handover processes.
- Role Requirements
- Proven management skills with oversight of properties, budgets, and professionals.
- Expertise in legislative requirements for buildings and Building Information Management.
- Experience in client-side Project Management of Capital Projects in public institutions.
- Ability to adapt to environmental changes and meet tight deadlines.
- Prior experience in managing teams and projects.
- Application Process Details
- Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 30 September 2024.
- Email [email removed - click apply for more details] for additional support needs during the application process.
- Benefits
- Competitive benefits package with generous annual leave and civil service pension.
- Opportunities for professional and personal development.
- Work in the heart of Bloomsbury at the World Conservation and Exhibition Centre.
- Access to private and public Museum activities and exhibitions.
- Interest-free season ticket loan and discounts on food and gift shop purchases.
The organisation - The British Museum
Join the British Museum in this unique new role supporting a new programme of masterplan and critical projects while supporting the museum to around 6 million visitors annually. 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 role - Handover Manager
This is a crucial role, involving working closely with senior stakeholders, supply-chain partners, and the support teams across the museum. The post holder will be a technical services expert who can advise on the effective maintenance requirements and implications of new or refurbishment projects, assess maintenance implications and ensure satisfactory handover to the third party Facilities Management (FM) Contractors. You will be responsible for providing technical and professional advice as necessary at stages throughout the project and develop the process of handover from projects to operations to ensure compliance with the CDM regulations and Health, Safety and Environmental standards and statutory compliance.
Job requirements
You will have excellent management skills, maintaining oversight of the properties, budgets, several professionals. Working on highly technical projects, you will have a keen knowledge of legislative requirements for buildings, Building Information Management, and ideally have an understanding of building conservation. You will have strong experience of client-side Project Management of high profile, public facing Capital Projects in a leading public institution or similar large organisation. You will work well in an environment which is susceptible to changes. Working in a fast-paced environment, you will ensure that deadlines are met. As a managerial role, you will have had prior experience managing teams and projects.
Benefits
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including: Generous annual leave allowance (25 annual leave + 2.5 privilege days), Generous civil service pension (employer contribution of 27.1%), Professional and personal development opportunities, including further education programme opportunities (funding and study leave) aligned to role’s responsivities and department service offer, Working in the heart of Bloomsbury, London in the new World Conservation and Exhibition Centre (WCEC), Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities, Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions, Interest-free season ticket loan, Discounts on food and gift shop purchases.
Application details
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 30 September 2024. If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of in order to support you with your application, please provide details to [email removed - click apply for more details].
