Assistant Registrar (Maternity Cover)

We are seeking an Assistant Registrar (Maternity Cover) to join the Collections and Exhibitions team at the Whitworth. You will support the work of the Gallery Registrar, help coordinate arrangements for all inbound and outbound loans, and support the planning and delivery of a diverse and ambitious programme of exhibitions including national and international touring projects, and artist projects.

You will be responsible for:

• Support the Gallery Registrar with inbound and outbound loans, ensuring paperwork is completed accurately and on time.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date records, including project files, reporting documents and EMu.
• Coordinate contracts, insurance, packing and transport for incoming exhibitions and outbound loans from the collection.
• Support national and international touring exhibitions, and artist projects.
• Liaise directly with lenders and the Collection Care and Access Team in relation to display specifications and packing, including documenting necessary information.

We welcome candidates who bring diverse perspectives, experiences, and approaches to their work.

About You

We encourage applications from individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. You should demonstrate:

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable experience working with registrar or exhibition administration tasks within a museum or gallery.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to process information promptly, to act decisively and within tight timeframes.
• A collaborative and methodical approach and proven attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• A degree in History of Art, Visual Culture, Cultural Studies, History or other related discipline or demonstrable equivalent experience.

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge of one or more foreign languages.
• Experience of EMu or equivalent collections management system.
• Post-graduate qualification in Museum Studies or another relevant subject.
• An enthusiasm for textiles, wallpaper, historic, modern and contemporary art and artists.

We value transferable skills and real-world experience as much as formal qualifications.

Our benefits include:

• Generous employer pension contribution
• Christmas closure across all departments outside of annual leave and bank holidays
• Purple Place employee discount platform

For more information, please see University of Manchester Benefits. You can also find information on our Flexible and Hybrid working here.

We are an open place of enquiry and challenge. We embrace and celebrate difference, diversity and debate, and we pride ourselves on being a place of education, learning and community where we are able, within the law, to question and test received wisdom, express new ideas and explore controversial or unpopular topics and opinions. Find out more from our Freedom of Speech Policy.

Enquiries about the role, shortlisting and interviews

Name: Jamilla Briggs

Email Address: jamilla.e.briggs@manchester.ac.uk

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This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must demonstrate the right to work in the UK.

Applications close at midnight on the closing date.

Further particulars (with person specification) linked below.

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