Head of Exhibitions Project Management

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.

As the Head of Exhibitions Project Management, you will oversee and ensure the delivery of the Museum’s charging and non-charging temporary exhibitions in line with the Museum’s Exhibition Strategy. You will be responsible for the development and deployment of professional project management and delivery processes to ensure the success of the exhibitions programme including, but not limited to, budget, schedule, risk, stakeholder and quality management. You will also manage and motivate a project management team. Stakeholder management is also a key aspect of this role.

Job requirements include a degree in a relevant subject, experience in managing complex exhibition or display projects, involving multi-disciplined teams, experience of developing project processes and methodologies to deliver large projects, team management and development, excellent organisation, problem solving, risk management and communication skills, ability to drive programmes with multiple workstreams, demonstrated experience of leading and motivating teams to deliver on time and within budget, proven track record of building relationships across teams and departments, and externally with other organisations, ability to problem solve through agile and flexible thinking, and ability to lead, motivate, create and innovate.

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.

For more information about this role, please see the job description. If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details to [email removed - click apply for more details]. 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 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. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you. The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.