Job Opportunities at Wakefield Museums and Castles

We are looking for two posts to join the Collections and Exhibitions team:

Registrar

Grade 8, 18.5 Hours per week, £13,679 - £14,954

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who is passionate about museums and heritage.

Wakefield Museums and Castles are committed to reflecting and celebrating Wakefield District's diversity by developing opportunities for everyone to experience culture and engage with our heritage.

This post will play a significant role in our aims to diversify, enrich and rationalise our collections, ensuring they are fit for purpose in the long term. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate they have significant experience and knowledge of collections management systems and processes, such as database management, movement control, and the smooth running of loans paperwork and is able to come up with imaginative and thoughtful solutions to challenges.

The post is 18.5 hours per week, temporary for 12 months (there will be a 3 month notice period from either party within the duration of the contract of employment).

For full details and to apply visit: Registrar

Documentation Assistant

£18,870 to £20,541 full time 37 hours per week

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who is passionate about museums and heritage.

Wakefield Museums and Castles are committed to reflecting and celebrating Wakefield District's diversity by developing opportunities for everyone to experience culture and engage with our heritage. This post will play a significant role in our aims to diversify, enrich and rationalise our collections, ensuring they are fit for purpose in the long term.

We are looking for someone who has experience in collections management work, who can work methodically and accurately, is capable of wrestling with unruly museum collections, sniffing out context, tracking down rogue accession numbers and making sense of decades old typos, whilst being able to come up with imaginative solutions to challenges

Closing date is 29 June 2018

For full details and to apply visit: Documentation Assistant