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Play a vital role in enhancing accessibility and inclusivity at the world-renowned V&A Museum, championing diverse visitor experiences.
Overview
Salary
£28520 - £28639
Location
Cromwell Road, London
Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation Summary
The V&A is the world's leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. Our mission is to enrich lives by promoting research, knowledge, and enjoyment of the designed world to the broadest possible audience.
The Role
- Optimise museum experiences for a wide range of visitors, ensuring everybody can fully engage.
- Identify barriers to accessibility and implement solutions.
Role Requirements
- Commitment to enhancing accessibility and inclusivity in a museum setting.
- Ability to identify challenges and provide innovative solutions.
- Knowledge of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), with a particular focus on the Disability Act 2010.
Benefits
- Generous pension scheme, and 29 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Flexible working, subsidies for the staff canteen, 25% discount in V&A shops.
- 'Give as you earn' scheme, bicycle loan, interest-free season ticket and rental deposit loans.
- Free check-ups and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike.
- Extensive range of training and professional development opportunities.
- Employee Assistance Programmes and staff diversity networks.
The Role The role champions accessibility and inclusivity by optimising museum experiences and spaces identifying barriers and implementing solutions to ensure every visitor, regardless of their needs, can fully engage and enjoy their visit.
The V&A 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. 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.
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 Guaranteed Interview Scheme – 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.
