Assistant Project Manager in London

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website. Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. We employ 1100 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world. Diversity and inclusion matter to us.

Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment. We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.

The Project Delivery Team supports delivery of Museum capital, infrastructure and temporary exhibition projects by supplying project and programme management resource and technical expertise. This role also has the additional benefit of supporting the NHM Unlocked Programme and our new development at Thames Valley Science Park where the post holder will get exposure to a major capital project. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to use their project management skills and capital projects experience at one of the UK’s most visited Museums! The key purpose of the role is to take on responsibility for the management workstreams sitting under the Collections Store Refurbishment Project in alignment with the Museum’s standard project management methodology and processes. In addition, the role supports the financial administration of the NHM Unlocked Programme.

You will have practical experience of supporting and managing projects from inception through to delivery with the ability to identify, resolve and make recommendations to rectify issues as they arise. Capital project experience within a Museum or heritage environment would be desirable. You will have some experience of performing project management duties such as producing reports, schedules, specifications and project/business planning documentation, especially their application within a large organisation or complex business environment. You will have the ability to analyse data, including financial information and an awareness of project budgets. The APM PMQ project management qualification would be desirable.

We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. This sits alongside the Museum’s values and forms the framework for the way we work.

What we offer:

• 27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)
• Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)
• Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan
• Life insurance
• Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.
• Staff discount at our Museum shops and cafes
• We offer a wide variety of training initiatives and opportunities to build skills. Investing in staff development is important to us, and we are ambitious about helping staff to grow and fulfil their potential.
• Affordable membership to the Civil Service Sports Council which offers a range of benefits including an extensive list of special offers and reduced entry fees at a selection of cinema chains, theme parks, theatres, retailers and supermarkets. It also provides entry to up to 300 English Heritage sites and other national treasures.
• Membership to our Sports and Social Association (for a small fee), which includes access to our in-house gym and clubs such as football, softball, table tennis and tennis and classes in Middle Eastern dance, yoga and Tai Chi.
• Hybrid working: We operate a hybrid working model that requires regular, weekly attendance for this role, with the precise pattern of days on site and worked from home to be agreed with your manager.

Please note that due to the urgency of this role and the end date of the fixed term contract, the successful candidate will need to be available to start before the 31st March 2026.

If this sounds like you, please apply below by clicking on Apply for job. Please note that as part of our commitment to anonymised shortlisting, panels do not view CVs during the recruitment process. If you choose to upload your CV, our system will automatically pull information from your CV into our application form. We advise you to double-check your application form data before submitting as the tool may interpret CVs differently.

Closing date: 23:59 on 4th February 2026

Interviews expected: w/c 9th February 2026

Please note that this role does not qualify for Museum sponsorship so the successful postholder will need to have a valid right to work in the UK at the point of offer.