Museum Assistant

Museum Assistant
North Devon Council

UK, England, Barnstaple

The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon is a small multi-disciplinary museum which cares for over 75,000 items of archaeology, natural history, art and social history. We have an active temporary exhibitions programme and a strong track-record of community engagement.

We are currently looking for a friendly, well-organised person who is passionate about North Devon's history to join our team.

As Museum Assistant you will:

- Take day to day responsibility for the care of and access to our collections, including documentation and preventive conservation.

- Be responsible for the administration and implementation of our temporary exhibitions programme, and carry out practical duties including hanging, mount-making and labelling.

- Be part of a team ensuring the safety and security of the building and collections

We are dependent on our volunteers to maintain our programme of events and activities.

The post-holder must be committed to empowering volunteers at all levels of the museum's operations.

We are looking for applicants educated to A Level and with excellent organisational, IT and customer care skills and experience of working with museum collections and volunteers.

A curatorial qualification would be an advantage.