Retail Opportunity: Museum Attendant

museum attendant Current Vacancies

2007-01-25:

A museum or art gallery attendant patrols the public areas of the site, checking on security and making sure the collections are in good order.
An important part of the job is dealing with visitors and answering queries.
Attendants may also work in the cloakroom, dealing with visitors coats and bags, or in the reception area, welcoming groups and selling catalogues and souvenirs.
Attendants assist curators and other senior staff in moving and changing displays and exhibitions.
In a smaller museum or gallery museum attendants are likely to have some clerical, paperwork, sales, technical or cleaning duties.
Museum or gallery attendants tend to work 37 hours a week on a rota which includes weekend opening hours.
Part-time work may be available.
The work is usually indoors, in warm and light conditions.
The main employers are national museums and galleries which are usually in cities, local authority museums and galleries, university museums and independent museums.
There is a great deal of competition for vacancies, despite the low pay and weekend working.Museum attendants usually earn around 10,000 to 13,500 a year. (Permalink)

about Working at Tate

2007-10-08: Contract: Permanent: To oversee the Operations service at Millbank, which includes Tate Britain and the main Tate. An interest in and commitment to, the work of Tate. partnership pension account. Band: Administrative & Technical. Contract: Permanent: This post is graded in the Administrative and Technical band of Tate?s Pay Bands, allowance and weekend working allowance). partnership pension account. Department: Library & Archive. Contract: Permanent Based at Tate Britain, the Gallery Records team is responsible for records management, research into Tate and its history. To assist the Gallery Records Manager in maintaining Tate?s own institutional archives staff participate in the delivery of services to readers, both Tate staff and external. Effective interpersonal skills: ability to establish effective working relationships, Experience of working with records management / archive IT systems; partnership pension account. Contract: Permanent Based at Tate Britain, the Gallery Records team is responsible for records management, research into Tate and its history. Experience of working with records management / archive IT systems. partnership pension account. Post: Senior Art Handling Technician. Contract: Permanent annum. partnership pension account. Post: Press Assistant; Department: Communications - Press Contract: Permanent: The Tate press office is part of the Tate Communications department located at our Millbank offices. It An interest in and commitment to, the work of Tate. partnership pension account. Tate is a world-renowned arts organisation comprising Tate Britain, Modern, Liverpool and St Ives. Department: Conservation, Answer conservation enquires from outside Tate. Good team-working skills, the ability to establish effective and mutually supporting working; relationships with other departments or outside Tate. An interest in and commitment to the work of Tate. An interest in and commitment to the work of Tate, Chance to understand the work of the Public Programmes department at Tate Modern. Interested persons should apply to Tate Galleries at http://www.tate.org.uk/about/workingattate/ (Permalink)

Imperial War Museum (IWM)

2007-09-25: Volunteers Imperial War Museum (IWM) Current Job Opportunities : IWM London Salary: ?21,375 - ?24,188. PDF fileDirector General of the Museum (41 Kb) IWM North Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms Recruitment : The recruitment pages of the Imperial War Museum's website. Interviews, Application Form, Application Form Monitoring Form, doc file IWM Application Form (word version) PDF file IWM Application Form (pdf version) PDF file IWM Monitoring Form (pdf version) Please note: 1. Completing the Application. About the Imperial War Museum. The Imperial War Museum comprises eight divisions: Imperial War Museum North opened in July 2002. The Collections Division is responsible for the Imperial War Museum's outstanding collections and contributions to every facet of the Museum's work. It also manages the Museum's Central Archive. The benefits of working for the Imperial War Museum Pay. The Museum's Stakeholder Pensions is operated by Standard Life Civil Service Stakeholder pension. The Museum offers a secondment scheme to all staff. Flexible Working : Some examples of flexible working offered by the Museum include: Part-time working including job splitting and job sharing : Term time working : Entry to the Museum, National Museum Entry, The Museum has an Occupational Welfare Service to provide assistance to staff. 020 7416 5236 between 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm for jobs based at IWM London, Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, and HMS Belfast. 0161 836 4013 for Manchester (Imperial War Museum North) based jobs Volunteers : Volunteers : Volunteers at IWM North. Voluntary role openings at the five branches of the Imperial War Museum: Volunteering With the IWM's London Branches : Office Support Volunteers : IWM Duxford : IWM North. Interested persons should apply to IWM at http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00100f00a (Permalink)