Venue Manager - Museums

• Employer: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
• Salary: £40,478 to £43,516
• Location: Wirral, Hybrid Working
• Contract: Permanent
• Working Pattern: Flexible Hours/Full Time
• Hours: 36 hours per week.
• DBS Check: No
• Closing Date: 19/03/2023 at 23:59
• Reference: NS/23/228103

Wirral Council's Museums Service is seeking an experienced manager with a track record of multi-site, heritage venues. Our thriving museums and art gallery department currently enjoys the stewardship of the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum and Birkenhead Priory.

Our small dedicated full-time team supported a vibrant volunteer programme and group of friends run a full programme of outreach work within the local and regional community. In the first year of this role, workflows are predicted to surround renewing the exhibition spaces, transforming the museum's operating model and achieving a new brand, look and feel.

The work by our current curatorial team led by Niall Hodson, punches above its weight within the industry and our new venue manager will continue to build on this ensuring that the venues continue to be relevant to a 21st Century audience.

https://thebirkenheadpriory.org

https://williamsonartgallery.org

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Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.

It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances.

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