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Join the prestigious British Museum as a Senior Administrator and contribute to preserving global history
Overview
Salary
£30898
Location
Bloomsbury
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Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation summary: The British Museum, with its expansive collection that chronicles over two million years of human civilization, is a preeminent institution and a top attraction for visitors worldwide. Its collection boasts iconic treasures like the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, and the Lewis Chessmen, as well as an impressive array of prints and drawings from masters such as Dürer and Rembrandt.
- Role Summary:
- Provide top-notch office management and administrative support for collection move projects.
- Manage project office, ensuring compliance with health and fire safety standards.
- Oversee project budgets, raise purchase orders, and order materials and equipment.
- Schedule, attend, and document meetings, manage internal communications and events.
- Handle travel arrangements, including insurance, risk assessments, and visas.
- Role Requirements:
- Skilled in drafting documents, taking minutes, and reporting information.
- Experience in financial administration and budget monitoring.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
- Excellent coordination, time management, and a flexible approach to change.
- Benefits:
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme.
- Free access to museums and exhibitions.
- Interest-free loans for travel and accommodation.
- Professional development opportunities and discounts.
- Equality and Diversity: The British Museum is an equal opportunities employer, valuing diversity and offering a flexible approach to working arrangements.
The British Museum, founded in 1753, is a leading visitor attraction with a remarkable collection spanning over two million years of human history and culture. Our world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. We also hold an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.
The role of the Senior Administrator: Collection Projects involves providing excellent office management and administrative support to support delivery of collection move projects. Key responsibilities include managing and delivering administrative support for collection move projects, managing the collection move projects office, including health and fire safety compliance and undertaking fire warden duties as appropriate. You will also manage and monitor collection project budgets, including raising POs and ordering materials and equipment across projects. You will schedule and minute programme and project meetings, manage internal communications and events, manage and schedule any travel arrangements, including travel insurance, risk assessments and visas.
Job requirements include the ability to draft documents and take minutes, synthesise and report on information orally and in writing, maintain effective administrative procedures, and experience of financial administration and budget monitoring. IT literacy and proficiency in a range of Microsoft software packages including Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint is required. Excellent co-ordination and time management skills, ability to manage competing demands changing priorities and requirements, attention to detail, and a flexible approach to changing priorities and requirements are also necessary.
Benefits include a generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays, 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, Employee Assistance Programme, 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. We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation.
