Head of Exhibitions Project Management

Exhibitions and Temporary Display

Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)

Permanent

£56,195 per annum

Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 27 April 2025

About the role: To oversee and ensure the delivery of the Museum's charging and non-charging temporary exhibitions in line with the Museum's Exhibition Strategy. 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. Management and motivation of a project management team. Stakeholder management is also a key aspect of this role.

Key areas of responsibility:

• To ensure the successful delivery of the Museum's exhibition projects through the oversight of the project management team responsible for project delivery, and through the deployment of processes and procedures that ensure a robust, yet flexible, project delivery approach.
• To monitor and report on individual projects as well as the wider programme.
• To develop, manage, support, and motivate a team of project managers in the delivery of exhibition and display projects within budget and project constraints, and ensuring high quality outputs.
• To manage resources, allocate projects within the programme and facilitate a culture of collaboration and quality.
• To develop methodologies and processes that ensure a strong discipline of project administration and documentation and to report on project progress and deliverables to internal and external stakeholders as required.
• To devise and manage workflows around content development, management of external contractors, stakeholder engagement, contract management, loans, design development, as well as for operational considerations.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to ensure the delivery of the programme and its integration with other Museum activity.

About you:

• Degree in a relevant subject.
• Experience in managing complex exhibition or display projects, involving multi-disciplined teams.
• Experience of developing project processes e.g. budget, risk, programme, stakeholder, issue management 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.
• Ability to lead, motivate, create and innovate.

About the British Museum: Founded in 1753, the British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is a leading visitor attraction, and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. The Museum also holds an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists such as Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.

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, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
• Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans.
• Professional and personal development opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Discounts on food and gift shop purchases.

Additional details: 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. 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.