About the role
Are you passionate about developing programmes for new and existing audiences? Can you inspire them to connect with museum collections? ‘Yes,’ keep reading!
This role in the Audience & Content Directorate will lead on developing engaging and meaningful programmes working directly with families and other key identified groups. The role develops and delivers onsite activities for audiences within the Informal Learning and Public Programmes team, focussing on audiences identified in the Audience Development Plan. The role is a unique, permanent opportunity to build on existing family programmes at the Museum, in addition to supporting the creative ideas within the wider team to develop strategic and commercially viable initiatives that contribute to the Museum’s reputation and reach.
The post holder will work alongside an existing team of Gallery Lecturers, Experience Leaders, the Adult Creative Producer, temporary Creative Producer (ADP) and Head of Informal Learning & Public Programmes in the Informal Learning and Public Programmes team. This is an opportunity to produce inspiring, creative programming and set ambitious commercial and other quantitative and qualitative targets, plan, commission or deliver, monitor and assess all aspects of these activities. Develop, coordinate, deliver and evaluate an audience-focused, exciting and creative public programme for Children First audiences and other audiences, across all ages, as identified in the Ashmolean’s Strategic Plan and Audience Development Plan, which will be confirmed in the coming months.
This is a full-time, permanent role, based in the Ashmolean in Oxford for a minimum of four days with the option to work from home for 1 day a week.
This role involves some lifting and carrying. All necessary health and safety training will be provided.
Due to the nature of this post, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check due to regulated activity involving children and regulated activity involving ‘at risk’ adults.
About You
You will have demonstrable experience of planning, organising, commissioning and delivering high-quality events for a variety of audiences, and understanding of excellence in family programmes.
You will have experience of devising and running robust evaluation.
You will have an open and collaborative mindset, backed by demonstrable experience of partnership working.
Understanding of current discussions in the sector and knowledge of family learning and excellence in family programme is also essential.
What We Offer
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
* 38 days of annual leave
* A comprehensive range of childcare services
* Family leave schemes
* Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.
How to apply
You will be required to upload your CV (up to two sides) and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.
The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Lucy Shipp, Head of Informal Learning & Public Programmes, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (Lucy.Shipp@ashmus.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).
Only applications received online by 12.00 midday on Monday 17 February 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 5 March 2025.
*An automatic annual increment each year will be paid up to (and not including) the discretionary range within the University of Oxford’s Grade 6 salary scale.
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