Museum etc posts and opportunities

Discussion in 'WW2 Museums. Events, & places to see.' started by Capt.Sensible, Dec 4, 2008.

  1. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    et voila....

    Imperial War Museum North: Head of Learning & Access – Manchester (£34,000 p/r for
    contract duration, maternity leave cover). FD/AF: follow links to ‘recruitment’ & ‘current job opportunities’ at

    Welcome to the Imperial War Museum


    and....


    Royal Airforce Museum, London: Graphic Designer – Colindale, NW London (£25,200). FD/AF:
    visit http://www.rafmuseum.org & follow link to ‘Job Vacancies’ from the ‘About Us’ section. CD: 13/9/10
     
  2. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    This week's crop:

    The Tank Museum, Bovington: Project & Learning Manager (£22,000-£25,000, 2 y/c). FD/AF: Mrs Sarah Hill, T. 01929 405096, ext. 237 (office hours),
    eWelcome to the Tank Museum - Home of the Tank - Welcome to the Tank Museum - Home of the Tank; Welcome to the Tank Museum - Home of the Tank - Welcome to the Tank Museum - Home of the Tank

    I could think of a project or two at Bovvy! :D

    Royal Air Force Museum: Visitor Services Assistant– based at Shifnal (£13,700). FD/AF: e.RAF Museum in London & RAF Museum Cosford - Royal Air Force Museum Aviation History - free family fun activities; RAF Museum in London & RAF Museum Cosford - Royal Air Force Museum Aviation History - free family fun activities
     
  3. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    ...and this week:

    Imperial War Museum: Project Leader, American Air Museum in Britain (AAM) Redevelopment
    Programme - Duxford (c. £40k depending on experience, 3 y/c). FD/AF: follow links to ‘recruitment’ at

    http://www.iwm.org.uk or e. recruit@iwm.org.uk

    CD: 19/11/10.

    CS
     
  4. James Daly

    James Daly Senior Member

    Expect to see a lot of these posts and opportunities drying up in the next few years, Museums and the Heritage industry are going to get hit pretty hard with a lot of funding streams being pulled :mad:
     
  5. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Expect to see a lot of these posts and opportunities drying up in the next few years, Museums and the Heritage industry are going to get hit pretty hard with a lot of funding streams being pulled :mad:
    Grim days ahead. I was out on a survey job the other week and booked in at the clients gatehouse to find the whole mob gathered together and being told to expect significant redundancies...
     
  6. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    This one has just pinged on the latest sweep:
    Air Defence Radar Museum, Norwich: Museum Manager/Curator (£ not stated).
    Essential: previous Museum qualification & experience & sound knowledge of Microsoft Office.
    FD/AF: from the Dept of Museum Studies Jobs Service at the University of Leicester, visit Untitled Document
    Website: visit Radar Museum. CD: 26/11/10.
     
  7. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Evening all,

    A couple of strange bed-fellows:

    Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire: Archivist (£17,250).
    FD/AF: from the Dept of Museum Studies Jobs Service at the University of Leicester, visit Untitled Document. CD: 31/3/11.

    The Peace Museum, Bradford: Museum Assistant (£15,000-£16,000 p/r, p/t, 14.8 hpw, 12 m/c in 1st instance) & Learning & Outreach Officer (£19,000-£20,000 p/r, p/t, 14.8 hpw, 12 m/c in 1st instance). FD/AF: visit Vacancies at The Peace Museum « The Peace Museum. CD: noon, 28/3/11.
     
  8. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Here's one for a high-flyer, ho ho ho.....oh, please yourselves!

    Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire: Archivist (£17,250).
    FD/AF: from the Dept of Museum Studies Jobs Service at the University of Leicester, visit Untitled Document. CD: 31/3/11
     
  9. LRusso216

    LRusso216 Member

    Well, a lot of these sound interesting to a retired teacher across the pond, but unfortunately, the commute would be a killer.
     
  10. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Well, a lot of these sound interesting to a retired teacher across the pond, but unfortunately, the commute would be a killer.

    Yes, that would make for a long day but just think of the air miles you could rack up and the collection of shoddy slippers and eyeshades!

    CS
     
  11. LRusso216

    LRusso216 Member

    Yes, that would make for a long day but just think of the air miles you could rack up and the collection of shoddy slippers and eyeshades!

    CS
    Ah, but you make it sound so appealing.
     
  12. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Ah, but you make it sound so appealing.

    Thank you, Lou, I do try!
     
  13. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    He's done a great job, wish he was staying longer, but the position is open now...

    Bletchley Park News

    "After five years as CEO of the Bletchley Park Trust Simon Greenish will be retiring later this year. In his five years leading the Trust Simon has transformed what was a badly performing organisation into a thriving business with a high and growing profile and now recognised as one of the most important historic sites of the twentieth century."
     
  14. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Evening all,

    A modest crop for your delight:

    Imperial War Museum: Exhibition Manager – London (£31,548-£35,699, 1 y/c) & Learning Officer - Cambridge (£19,442-£22,000, 18 m/c). FD/AF: follow links to ‘recruitment’ at Welcome to the Imperial War Museum , e. recruit@iwm.org.uk. CD: 31/5/11 (EM Post) & 27/5/11 (LO Post).

    Warrior Preservation Trust, Portsmouth: Learning Officer (£24,600 p/r, 22.5 hpw/3 dpw [Tues/Weds/Thurs] with occasional additional hours, including weekends). Requirements include: experience of working within a museum environment or using environments or collections to inspire learning. Advantageous: knowledge of naval history or the Victorian period. FD/AF: http://www.hmswarrior.org/aboutthetrust or e. learning@hmswarrior.org. CD: 3/6/11.

    Greenwich Foundation, London: Discover Greenwich Supervisor – the Old Royal Naval College [ORNC] (£17,000). FD/AF: visit ORNC, Royal, Naval, College, Greenwich & follow links to ‘About Us’ & ‘Vacancies’. CD: 6/6/11.
     
  15. Ednamay

    Ednamay wanderer

    Planning to go to the D Day Museum in Portsmouth on Sunday 5th June - will it still be there?

    Edna
     
  16. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Planning to go to the D Day Museum in Portsmouth on Sunday 5th June - will it still be there?

    Edna
    I would hope so...
     
  17. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Evening all,

    One for a salty old seadog:

    National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth: Curator of HMS Victory (£ not stated). FD/AF: from the Dept of Museum Studies Jobs Service at the University of Leicester, visit Untitled Document. CD: 15/7/11.
     
  18. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    Evening all,
    Firepower, Museum of the Royal Artillery, Woolwich: Oral History Project Officer to (£25,000 p/r, p/t, 2 dpw, 2 y/c) to work on an exciting new project to build up an archive of Oral Histories of Gunners in conflicts from the Falklands to the present day. FD/AF: visit the Oral History Society’s website at http:///www.ohs.org.uk and look under ‘Vacancies’. CD: 20/7/11.

    Oral history? Royal Artillery? I bet that involves a lot of shouting and some splendid Chinese Whispers type anecdotes :D

    CS
     
  19. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

  20. Capt.Sensible

    Capt.Sensible Well-Known Member

    'Evening all,

    A few possibilities here:

    National Trust: Beningbrough at War Project Officer – Beningbrough Hall & Gardens, York (£18,000 p/r, p/t, 22.5 hpw, f/t
    until 1/12/13, Ref. IRC2352). CD: 16/9/12. Check NT main website

    Royal Marines Museum, Southsea: Curator of Artefacts (up to £22,000, 1 y/c initially). FD/AF: visit
    Royal Marines Museum - Vacancies. CD: 1/10/12.

    Imperial War Museum, London: Collections Management & Project Officer (£19,279‐£21,600). FD/AF: follow
    links to ‘jobs’ at Imperial War Museums. CD: 14/9/12.

    Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport: Learning & Participation Manager (£25,000, f/t 1 y/c, with possible permanent post at end of contract). FD/AF: from the Dept of Museum Studies Jobs Service at the University of Leicester,visit Untitled Document. CD: 14/9/12.

    Royal Army Physical Training Corps Museum, Aldershot: Curator (£18,000‐£22,000, permanent). FD/AF: from
    the Dept of Museum Studies Jobs Service at the University of Leicester, visit Untitled Document. CD: 14/9/12.

    Yrs,
    CS
     

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