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Technical Lead (East Sites)

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Posted over 30 days ago...

Join the prestigious V&A Museum as a Technical Lead, ensuring world-class experiences for visitors at the heart of London's artistic culture.

Overview

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£55000 - £59000

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Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London

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Expires at anytime

Organisation summary

Join the world-renowned Victoria & Albert Museum, the world's leading art and design museum, boasting a collection of over 2.8 million artefacts spanning 5,000 years of human creativity. As part of the V&A's mission, your work would contribute to safeguarding some of the UK’s most cherished national collections.

Role Summary

  • Join the V&A Estate team as a Technical Lead.
  • You will play a pivotal role in the smooth operation of our East London sites - V&A East Storehouse, V&A East Museum, and Young V&A.
  • Responsible for maintaining operational efficiency and ensuring full compliance at these cultural hotspots.

Role Requirements

  • A proactive approach to maintaining operational efficiency and compliance across multiple sites is required.
  • Preferential background in technical management within a cultural or public sector environment.

Application Process Details

  • V&A is an equal opportunity employer committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).
  • Offers guaranteed interviews to applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria.

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. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

The Role: Join the V&A Estate team as a Technical Lead, where you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of our East London sites: V&A East Storehouse, V&A East Museum, and Young V&A. At the heart of our Estate, you’ll be responsible for maintaining operational efficiency and ensuring these dynamic cultural spaces remain fully compliant, supporting world-class experiences for our visitors and communities.

Job Requirements: The role requires a proactive approach to maintaining operational efficiency and compliance across multiple sites. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in technical management within a cultural or public sector environment.

Benefits: The V&A offers a generous pension scheme, 29 days plus bank holidays, flexible working, tickets to V&A exhibitions, a subsidised staff canteen, and a 25% discount in V&A shops. Additional benefits include a bicycle loan, interest-free season ticket and rental deposit loans, free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike, a wide range of training and professional development opportunities, and an Employee Assistance Programme. Staff diversity networks are also actively supported.

ED&I 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. We are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2, offering guaranteed interviews to applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria.

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