Assistant Curator

Assistant Curator - Fine Art - Grade C3

Assistant Curator, Fine Art
Leeds Museums & Galleries

Leeds Museums & Galleries is recruiting to the role of Assistant Curator, Fine Art based at Leeds Art Gallery. The Assistant Curator will bring a developing specialism in works on paper.

Leeds Museums and Galleries holds one of the finest collections of prints and drawings in Britain and is particularly strong in the area of English watercolours. The collection includes around 3,000 drawings and watercolours and around 2,000 prints all of which form part of the Designated Fine Art collection.

The post will co-ordinate the Picture Library, an art lending scheme open to residents and businesses of Yorkshire. More broadly the post responds to enquiries, works with engagement colleagues, contributes to public programmes, will have opportunities to work on displays and undertakes collections management work, including documentation. The post is both part of the Leeds Art Gallery team and the wider Leeds Museums & Galleries Collections & Programmes team.

Leeds Art Gallery which is one of the nine venues operated by Leeds Museums & Galleries, part of Leeds City Council and is the city's flagship visual arts venue. Leeds Museums & Galleries is one of the largest local authority-run museum services in England, with some of the most significant multi-disciplinary collections in the UK and is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. We are proud to be a local authority museum service; this grounds us within communities and the structure of the city, and gives a civic role for social justice; arts-led care, health and wellbeing; environmental responsibility; and as tourist attractions which bring visitors into the city.

Informing our work is Leeds’s Best City Ambition, which contains a commitment to work together as Team Leeds and to be compassionate, tackle poverty and reduce inequality through the pillars of inclusive economic growth, health and wellbeing and being a net carbon zero city by 2030. The Leeds City Council People Strategy centres on creating a great all round experience for staff; listening to, and acting on, lived experiences of colleagues; and building inclusive workplaces, practices, and cultures. This is reflected in Leeds Museums & Galleries' practice and direction.

If this appeals to you, please apply.

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds and the communities we serve. Leeds City Council is an Inclusive employer, ranked 70 on the Stonewall top 100 employers 2023 list. We are also an Age friendly employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident leader.

All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six month probationary period.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.