Collection Manager: Storage and Moves

Collection Manager: Storage and Moves

Collection Care and Moves

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

Fixed term (until 31 October 2026)

£32,337 per annum

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

About the role:

To lead and manage a team of Assistant Collection Managers to deliver documentation, packing, and decant projects as part of a major storage move project, with a particular focus on Oceania.

Key areas of responsibility:

1. Manage a team of Assistant Collection Managers to deliver projects that move and improve care and access to collections in storage.
2. Collaborate with the project team, curators, collections managers, and conservators to support planning and delivery of documentation, packing, and decant projects.
3. Provide expert advice and guidance to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.
4. Contribute to practical design and fit-out plans for new storage facilities.
5. Manage processes related to security, audits, and essential documentation of collections.
6. Plan, coordinate, and deliver training, including skill-sharing initiatives.

About you:

• GCSEs or equivalent qualification
• Demonstrable interest in the British Museum\’s collections
• Understanding and appreciation of materials and objects
• Experience in object or art handling and collections care in a museum or similar environment
• Ability to manage and motivate a team
• Experience in budget and resource management
• Excellent prioritisation, planning, and organisational skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team

About the British Museum:

Founded in 1753, the British Museum\’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. It is a leading visitor attraction with collections including the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. The Museum also holds extensive prints and drawings from 600 years, featuring works by Dürer, Michelangelo, and Rembrandt.

You can view a selection of our collections in our virtual gallery.

Benefits include:

• Generous annual leave of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years), plus 2.5 privilege days and bank holidays.
• Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme.
• Free entry to various museums and exhibitions.
• Participation in exclusive Museum activities, talks, and behind-the-scenes access.
• Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans.
• Opportunities for professional and personal development.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Discounts on food and gift shop purchases.

Additional details:

For more information, please see the full job description.

If you have additional needs to support your application, please provide details.

We have a legal obligation to ensure employees can work in the UK. If you do not currently have the right to work in the UK, we can only sponsor roles that meet eligibility criteria, and the role must meet the minimum salary threshold of £38,700 or the going rate.

The British Museum is committed to promoting equality and diversity and encourages applications from underrepresented groups, especially from ethnic minority candidates for senior roles.

We offer flexible working arrangements, including remote work options.

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