Salary: Up to £650 per day
Hours: 3 working days/24hrs per year
Location: Working remotely, the grant panel convenes online
- Do you work in a small or medium museum and understand the challenges faced by museums and heritage organisations?
- Would you like the opportunity to support the future of collections focused projects in independent museums?
- Do you have the experience to provide insight and constructive feedback to applicants when considering grant applications put forward by small and medium museums?
AIM is seeking two new people whocurrently work within AIM member museums from the small and medium category, to join our pool of grant panel members. The role is to read; score and provide feedback on the two collections focused grants we offer in the spring and autumn each year.
What you’ll do:
- Review and assess funding applications from inspiring projects from small and medium museums.
- Share your insights to help select projects that will have the greatest impact.
- Contribute to fair, transparent, and inclusive decision-making as part of a team of 4 to 6 panel members.
What we’re looking for:
- Two representatives from AIM member museums in the small / medium museum category.
- Good judgement and the ability to weigh up different perspectives.
- An understanding of the needs of small and often volunteer-led museums.
- Experience of the museum accreditation standard is desirable but not essential.
Time commitment:
We expect the commitment to take 1.5 days per round, or 3 working days/24hrs per year.
The grant panel convenes twice a year in the spring and autumn, over three meetings per round; to consider applications to the Pilgrim Trust funded Collection Care Audits, and the AIM Museum Fundamentals grant, funded by the Pilgrim Trust and Julia Rausing Trust.
The grants:
Please find further information on the collections care and conservation grants on our website.
For further information please contact Fiona Woolley AIM Programmes and Grants Officer at fiona.woolley@aim-museums.co.uk and I would be happy to arrange an informal discussion.
- Play a key role in supporting change making projects in small and medium museums.
- Gain valuable experience in grant-making practice.
- Be part of a friendly, supportive panel of museum and conservation professionals.
- Be involved with supporting museums grow and develop their conservation expertise.
- Gain insight on the needs and problems seen within the independent museum sector and help decide on grant making activity that makes a valuable difference to the wellbeing of both the staff, volunteers and the collections that the applicant museum holds.
Renumeration:
Panel members are paid up to £650 per day for their time preparing for and taking part in the panel meetings and decision making discussion.
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