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Archives Manager |
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| City of Doncaster Council |
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Director |
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| Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts |
| Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Dublin, Ireland |
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Wednesday, 24th September 2025 |
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Senior Museum Development Manager (Job Share) |
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Museums Galleries Scotland |
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£22,906 p.a. (pro rata) |
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Part-Time Position (17.5 hours per week (0.5 FTE)) |
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Hybrid/Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Monday, 13th October 2025 |
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Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) is the National Development Body for Scotland’s museums and galleries. We support a sector of 455 museums and galleries, through strategic investment, workforce development, advice and advocacy. We are a forward facing and inclusive organisation, committed to the ongoing development of a positive culture for our team.
We are looking for a Senior Museum Development Manager to facilitate and support development across the sector in line with Scotland’s Museums and Galleries Strategy. The strategy provides a framework for the sector and MGS to work to ensure the future relevance and resilience of the sector. It centres around three thematic strands of Connection, Resilience and Workforce. We are excited to offer the opportunity to join a job share post leading on the health and wellbeing and education priority areas of the Connection strand.
You will have significant knowledge and understanding of the Scottish museums sector and current issues facing it; and an understanding of education in museums and the role museums can play in supporting health and wellbeing. You will have demonstrable commitment to making Scotland’s museums and galleries accessible to all of Scotland’s communities. With experience of working collaboratively to develop impactful programmes and initiatives, you will build strategic relationships, initiate and oversee development programmes and identify funding opportunities.
As a job share partnership you will have excellent organisational and communication skills, providing collaborative leadership within the Museum Development team, as part of the wider Senior Management team, and to the sector. You will proactively engage with museums and galleries in Scotland to understand and articulate the diverse needs of the sector and turn that into action, building collaborative and enduring relationships and inspiring others to achieve their best.
OVERVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES
• Work with the Head of Museum Development to prioritise the work of the Museum Development Team to ensure effective, coordinated delivery of the Connection strand of the strategy for Scotland’s museums and galleries.
• Lead on delivery of the strategy actions for MGS in relation to the health and wellbeing and education priority areas of the Connection strand, heading up the internal working groups for these areas and coordinating the development of advice and support for the sector.
• Lead and monitor externally funded projects.
• Manage project and core budgets.
• Build supportive working relationships with sector groups and networks and facilitate the establishment of new groups where there are gaps in coverage.
• Initiate and build strategic relationships with sector and non-sector partners, connecting with policy agendas at a local and national level.
• Develop programmes and initiatives that respond to sector support need and identify funding opportunities.
• Work as an effective job share partner, including keeping abreast of work across the Connection strand of the Strategy, in order to deputise for each other.
• Collaborate to maintain and evolve long running programmes such as our knowledge exchange activity.
• Capture sector knowledge through robust use of systems, including the CRM database, and advocating for change and refinement to systems as appropriate.
• Contribute to the development of grant programmes, reflecting sector needs.
The above mentioned tasks and responsibilities constitute an overview and not an exhaustive list. Workload and priorities are ultimately determined by the annual MGS Operational Plan.
For the full job description and details of this role please download the job information pack pack from our website
https://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/job/senior-museum-development-manager-at-museums-galleries-scotland-2/ |
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The successful candidate will manifest our core values: collaboration, integrity, passion for museums, and courageousness.
Essential
• Significant knowledge and understanding of the Scottish museums sector and current issues facing it.
• Significant experience of building strategic relationships and partnerships.
• Experience of developing impactful programmes and initiatives that respond to a need.
• Understanding of education in museums and the role museums can play in supporting health and wellbeing.
• Experience of addressing barriers to inclusion and driving positive change, with an understanding of anti-racism and anti-oppression.
• A commitment to making Scotland’s museums and galleries accessible to all of Scotland’s communities.
• Strong influencing and engaging skills.
• Working collaboratively to develop, manage and monitor projects.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Effective organisational skills
• People management and leading effective teams.
• Experience of representing organisations at events.
• Managing budgets.
• Confidence using a range of digital platforms.
Preferred
• Understanding of inclusion and diversifying museums.
• Understanding of working within a local authority context.
• Experience developing successful funding applications and/or reporting to external funders.
• Understanding and managing risk.
We work with staff to help everyone reach their potential in the workplace and welcome conversations with individuals about their needs, circumstances and aspirations.
In particular, this role requires someone who can understand and articulate the needs of the sector and turn that into action, builds collaborative and enduring relationships and inspires others to achieve their best. As a member of the Senior Management Team you are expected to act as a role model for MGS’s organisational behaviours and to champion the organisation internally and externally.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS - Travel – regionally is required. Approx. 20 days per year. |
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To Apply:
1. Please complete an application form, by downloading it from our website.
https://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/job/senior-museum-development-manager-at-museums-galleries-scotland-2/
2. Then submit your form via our online system Breathe HR.
https://hr.breathehr.com/v/senior-museum-development-manager-43123
Closing date: 9am Monday 13 October 2025
Interviews (online) are expected to be held on 23rd / 24th October 2025
Please have your application form ready to upload when you apply through Breathe. You can’t go back in and upload it later as it will say your email address has already been used. Please use our application form, CVs will not be accepted.
If our application form makes it difficult for you to apply and demonstrate your skills effectively, we would be happy to accept a video, audio or alternative application format. Please refer to the guidance on alternative application format to ensure your application will cover all the required information. If you would like to discuss an application in an alternative format, please contact us on the email below or call 0131 550 4150.
If you have any queries please email hr@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk, including the name of the post in the subject box.
Museums Galleries Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of the community and is an equal opportunities employer. We hold Living Wage and Investors in People Gold accreditation and are happy to talk flexible working.
We will guarantee an interview to people with disabilities who meet the essential criteria in our person specification. Please note, we always make best efforts to implement this however there may be occasions where it is not practicable to interview all disabled people that meet the essential criteria for the job. For example if we receive a very high number of applications meeting this criteria. In this situation we will consider a reasonable alternative approach – for example setting a maximum number of interviews and ensuring that a proportion of interviews are offered to the disabled candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job. |
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