Interpretation Developer

Job Overview

Salary: £33,784 per annum. Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment for 12 months. Band: E / Higher Executive Officer. Closing date: Wednesday 1st July at midnight.

Role and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Exhibition & Interpretation Manager to develop and deliver innovative visitor experiences across audience segments.
• Act as an audience champion and storyteller, developing public offerings that are welcoming, entertaining, challenging, and engaging.
• Work creatively with internal and external expert teams to discover and unlock stories that extend audience reach and deepen engagement.
• Plan, coordinate and deliver high profile initiatives, keeping a good grasp on project controls such as budget, deadlines and risk, reporting as needed, and delivering on time and on budget.
• Identify and support collaborative opportunities with fellow cultural organisations, aligning projects with organisational ambition.
• Research, write and edit content for interpretation schemes and other communication channels.
• Provide flexible support to other Public Engagement Directorate teams, including Education, Events and Venue Management, and be available beyond standard office hours, weekends and evenings.
• Travel within the UK to deliver or attend meetings and events outside normal office hours.
• Collaborate within multidisciplinary teams, think creatively, problem solve and embrace new ideas.
• Take risk taking, bold and innovative approaches to create unexpected experiences.

Person Specification - Essential

• Experience within exhibitions or interpretation in a cultural, commercial or visitor attraction setting, and understanding of changes within the sector.
• Experience working with a variety of audiences, crafting engagement experiences that exceed expectations.
• Experience planning, coordinating and delivering high profile initiatives for diverse audiences within the cultural heritage sector.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to build positive relationships, comfortable working as part of a multidisciplinary team and independently.
• Confident writer who can communicate complex ideas simply to a variety of audiences.
• Understanding of digital content to blend on and off site experiences.
• Passion for creating outstanding visitor experiences, creative problem solving, and crafting collection based experiences on and off site.
• Clear thinking and willingness to deliver unexpected solutions.

Person Specification - Desirable

• Knowledge of the archive sector.
• Experience with audience segmentation models.
• Experience creating visitor experiences beyond traditional exhibition formats.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package, including pension, sports and social club facilities, onsite gym and discounted rates at the on site café.
• Annual leave: 22 days per calendar year (increasing to 25 after the first year, and up to 30 after six years).
• 10 days public and privilege holidays per annum.
• Access to government schemes such as Tax Free Childcare (subject to eligibility).

Reasonable Adjustments

We will make reasonable changes to our processes to support applicants with disabilities. Please contact us at prior to the closing date to discuss your needs.

Nationality Requirements

Applicants must be UK nationals, nationals of the Republic of Ireland, Commonwealth countries with the right to work, EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein nationals (and their settled or pre settled status family members), UK based Turkish nationals or EU refugees with certain status, or other eligible categories as per the National Archives site for details.

Equality and Diversity

The National Archives is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and embraces all individuals regardless of disability, gender, race, age, sexual orientation or religion.