Head of Digital Learning Programmes

Salary: £41,852 per annum

Location: Bloomsbury, London

Role Summary

• Role: Head of Digital Learning Programmes
• Department: Learning and Programmes
• Full-time: 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
• Permanent

Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 26 June 2025.

About the role:

To lead a team and work closely with colleagues to conceive, develop and deliver high-quality digital content, projects and products as part of the learning programme, in line with the Museum’s vision, values and purpose. An ability to lead on creative ideation to grow the programme, balanced with strong planning and coordination skills, will enable you to build capacity and deliver a fresh, new approach to digital learning. While the role will work across all our learning programmes, a specific focus will be the development of a strong new digital strand for our schools’ programmes, one that works outside of Bloomsbury, in partnership with schools and regional museums to increase engagement with the collection.

Key areas of responsibility:

• To shape, grow and deliver a fresh and innovative digital learning programme, maximising the use of both internal and external knowledge and experience to strengthen the Museum’s offer, working with colleagues across the organisation.
• Develop and deliver a new strategy and plan for a digital strand of the school’s programme to extend the reach of the offer to teachers and students in classrooms across the UK.
• Manage the commissioning of new learning content, working closely with the wider Schools team and curatorial colleagues.
• To work closely with, and advise, the Head of Learning and Programmes, Digital Advisory Group, and other colleagues across the Museum to identify, create and respond to opportunities for strategic partnerships.
• To deliver consistent, high-quality products and online content characterised by innovation, diversity and relevance, while being engaging and enjoyable for audiences.
• Manage the development and review of existing digital learning resources, including technical aspects, in liaison with other Museum colleagues.
• Effectively deliver projects that achieve agreed strategic aims to a high quality, and within budget, time and resourcing constraints. This will include working with external contractors and partners.

About you:

We are looking for someone who has a degree in a relevant subject, has experience in managing development of online learning experiences, can ideate and deliver digital projects and programs, can deliver high-quality complex projects, has excellent communication skills, is flexible, can work collaboratively, and is competent with digital platforms.

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.

For more information about this role, please see the job description. The interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing 7 July 2025.

If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details to bmrecruit@britishmuseum.org.

We have a legal responsibility to ensure that employees have the right to work in the UK. If you currently do not hold the right to work in the UK, we can only sponsor a limited number of roles that meet eligibility criteria.

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. We would typically see this role as working on site about 2 to 3 days a week.