Planning and Resources Manager

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 such as Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.

The role of Planning and Resources Manager involves facilitating the effective planning and delivery of projects and business as usual activity within the Exhibitions and Temporary Display and Design and Interpretation functions. You will be leading a team of technical and production staff, responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of the production of exhibitions, displays, print and other design media to a high quality and within time and budget constraints. This includes the management of external contractors, and ensuring compliance with health and safety, fire and other regulations. You will provide high-level support with programme management, resource planning, and operational planning.

Job requirements include experience of managing construction projects, involving multi-disciplined teams, experience managing projects, including risk management; issue resolution; change management; cost control; budget management, and excellent organisational and planning skills.

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including 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.

We are 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 specifically encourage applications from candidates from ethnic minority groups who are underrepresented within our senior roles. We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation.