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Join the British Museum as an Integrated Pest Management Manager to protect world heritage and drive sustainability
Overview
Salary
£46742
Location
Bloomsbury, UK with occasional travel to other sites in Reading, Wiltshire and London
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Expires
Expires at anytime
The British Museum, a guardian of global history and culture, is on the hunt for an Integrated Pest Management Manager. This prestigious institution not only safeguards precious collections but also champions diversity and offers a supportive, flexible work environment. With an array of benefits, including generous leave, pension schemes, and museum discounts, the British Museum is a beacon of cultural stewardship and employee welfare.
- Development and implementation of the Museum's estate-wide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy.
- Collaboration with stakeholders to align with Museum policies and anticipate future needs.
- Training programme delivery to maintain IPM awareness.
- Management of the Museum's Pest Treatment Facility in compliance with legislation and best practices.
- A-level education or equivalent experience.
- Professional IPM qualification or demonstrable IPM experience.
- Strong communication and IT skills.
- Ability to analyze data and provide comprehensive presentations.
The British Museum is seeking an Integrated Pest Management Manager for our complex estate. The post-holder will play a key role in development of Policy and implementation and delivery of the Museum’s estate-wide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy, to protect both the Museum’s collections and reputation by minimising pest problems.
In this role, you will work directly with stakeholders to ensure that the Museum meets its requirements in relation to policies and procedures, including anticipating the future needs of the Museum. You will need to deliver an appropriate training programmes to maintain the profile of IPM within the Museum.
Key areas of responsibility include implementing, reviewing and delivering the IPM strategy and programme, facilitating and ensuring consistent delivery of IPM roles and responsibilities from all Museum departments, ensuring delivery of recommended actions by Hard and Soft services teams to prevent pest problems, and managing the Museum’s Pest Treatment Facility ensuring compliance with legislation and best practice.
The successful candidate will be educated to A-level standard or have equivalent experience, including a professional IPM qualification and/or demonstrable experience of IPM. You will have excellent communication and IT skills and the ability to decipher data, plans, reports and design drawings to provide presentations to department and stakeholders, as necessary.
The British Museum offers a competitive benefits package including generous annual leave allowance, membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme, free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions, participation in private and public Museum activities, interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans, professional and personal development opportunities, and discounts on food and gift shop purchases.
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.
