Heritage Centre Assistant
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Job Title: Heritage Centre Assistant
Salary: £22,687 to £25,235 plus £3,216 location allowance. You will receive £22,687 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £25,235 will be via incremental progression
Location: Empress State Building, with some travel to other London locations
Help bring our history to life
At our Heritage Centre, you can step back in time – right back to 1829, when the Met Police first started. Our collection of historic artefacts charts our growth and draws all kinds of visitors. You’ll help people explore our past and learn our amazing story.
This is a unique opportunity to work with the Met’s incredible history. Every day, you’ll be welcoming visitors including schools, colleagues and members of the public. As well as giving tours, you’ll answer questions, including those from TV and film researchers. There’ll also be genealogical enquiries and loans of artefacts to organise.
The Centre’s collection includes uniforms, equipment and written and photographic material that traces the development of modern policing. There’s also high resolution vintage imagery, which you’ll help people access. With responsibility for managing volunteers and the safe storage of artefacts, you’ll be instrumental in the Centre’s daily management.
To join us, you’ll need practical experience of working in a museum. You should know about the conservation of exhibits and management of archives. A degree (or equivalent) in Fine Art, History or another relevant subject would be ideal. However, it’s more important that you can deal professionally with the public, from VIPs to children. IT-literate, well organised and a natural multi-tasker, you’ll have a real passion for history – and feel inspired to share it.
To apply, please visit our website to download a role specific information pack. Click on the link to complete and submit the online application form. You will also be required to submit a detailed CV.
Applications must be submitted by 23:55pm on Thursday 1st March 2018
Failure to supply all the relevant documents will result in your application being terminated.
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
Essential Criteria
Relevant Experience
- Practical experience of working in a museum, collection or heritage site
- Experience in conservation of exhibits
- Experience of managing volunteers
- Experience of archive management, including digital media.
Qualifications
- Degree BA Hons in appropriate subject eg Fine Art, History.
Specialist Knowledge
- Skills in different areas of museum work
- Broad understanding of the museum and cultural sector.
Attributes
- Passionate about history and able to demonstrate that passion to others
- Ability to manage change
- Ability to manage inventories and multiple tasks
- Ability to work to tight timescales
- Must be able to work in confined spaces
- Must maintain smart dress code in public.
Skills
- Confident in public speaking and dealing with a wide variety of people including children & VIPs
- Ability to lift, handle and move all kinds of museum exhibits
- Must be able to work within a budget
- Computer confident with good basic knowledge of Excel, Word & PowerPoint and ability to learn new IT skills
- Able to train all levels of competence.
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
This opportunity is closed to applications.