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Join the world's leading museum of art and design, V&A, and enrich people's lives through art and culture as an Exhibitions Manager.
Overview
Salary
£35561 - £40309
Location
Cromwell Road, London
Expires
Expires at anytime
The V&A is world-renowned for its expansive collection encompassing art, design, and objects spanning 5,000 years of creativity. Vital in promoting art to a broad audience, V&A is at the forefront of the UK's creative and knowledge economy, providing a top-notch digital experience and striving to diversify its funding sources.
Role Summary:
- Work as an Exhibitions Manager in a fixed term role for 12 months.
- Manage and deliver exhibitions at various V&A sites in London or touring.
- Handle multiple projects depending on their scale and complexity.
- Coordinate with internal and external project teams, and interact with key stakeholders, including lenders, fine art agents, and exhibition designers.
Role Requirements:
- Ability to manage multiple projects.
- Strong coordination and negotiation skills with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience in exhibitions management is preferred.
Benefits:
- Generous pension scheme and 29 vacation days plus bank holidays.
- Flexible working conditions.
- Discounts in V&A shops and subsidised staff canteen.
- Bicycle loan, interest-free season ticket and rental deposit loan.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and professional development opportunities.
EDI at The V&A:
- The V&A is a Disability Confident Employer Level 2 and committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Guaranteed interview opportunities for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.
- Provision of an accessible recruitment process and support during employment.
The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience. We strive to make the V&A matter to more people and in that context we work to the following six strategic objectives: To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections. Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy. Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact. To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency. Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience. Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.
The role: We have a 12 month fixed term opportunity within the Exhibitions Department at the V&A for an Exhibitions Manager. As an Exhibitions Manager, you will have responsibility for delivery of exhibitions either at V&A sites across London or touring, working across numerous projects at any one time, depending on scale and complexity. You will work closely with internal and external project teams, liaising with many key stakeholders, including partner venues, lenders, fine art agents and exhibition designers.
Benefits: Generous pension scheme, 29 days plus bank holidays, Flexible working, Tickets to V&A exhibitions, Subsidised staff canteen, 25% discount in V&A shops, Give as you earn scheme, Bicycle loan, Interest-free season ticket, Interest-free rental deposit loan, Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike, Wide range of training and professional development opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme, Staff diversity networks.
ED&I at The V&A: At the V&A, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) for all and strive to go above and beyond public duty placed upon us by the Equality Act 2010. As such, we are delighted to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The V&A makes the following commitments to all applications: The Disability Confident Employer scheme offers guaranteed interviews – Interviewing applicants with a disability who successfully evidence the essential criteria on a person specification and consider them on their abilities; Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process; Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job; Supporting employees and adjustments during employment.
