SLLC 2743 - Assistant Museum Officer

Description

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE AND COMPLETE THEIR SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS EITHER VIA THE ME TAB ON FUSION PRIOR TO STARTING THE APPLICATION FORM OR BY CLICKING ON THE LINK AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS IN THE SECTION OF THE FORM TITLED “REVIEW SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS”.

Location

Low Parks Museum, Muir Street, Hamilton

Hours

35 hours per week

Shift Pattern

2‑week rota:

• Week 1: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm (1 hour unpaid break)
• Week 2: Tuesday – Saturday, 9am – 5pm (1 hour unpaid break)

Salary Band

£20,001 – £30,000

Duration

Fixed Term until 29th September 2026

Job Profile

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture are looking for an Assistant Museum Officer to be a key member of the museum development team. The successful applicant will support, develop and help deliver all aspects of collections care for a large, local authority museum collection. The role includes processing acquisitions, cataloguing, inventory, collections research, exhibition development, and identifying and obtaining funding to deliver collections development projects in line with organisational and sector priorities.

Knowledge and/or experience of working to sector standards and guidelines such as SPECTRUM and the Museum Accreditation Scheme are essential. Good written communication and report writing skills, and experience of working with a museum collections management system are also desirable, as well as knowledge of British/Scottish military history.

Applicants should hold a post graduate museum qualification or be educated to degree level and have a minimum of one year’s museum experience. Holding a valid driving licence is desirable.

The successful candidate will be determined through a competency‑based interview and a short, practical exercise in collections handling.

Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

Benefits

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme.
• To increase the value of their pension pot, employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.
• Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role.
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies – flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)

Please Apply online

All correspondence will be via your email address

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made by South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Foreign Police Check

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable if you have lived or worked for 3 months or more (consecutively) abroad in the last 10 years.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the British Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.