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Are you inspired by our mission? Explore the latest career opportunities with Wessex Museums and partners. 

Through our EDI framework and action plan, Wessex Museums Trust is committed to ensuring that our organisation reflects the diversity of our region. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, and particularly positively encourage applicants with lived experience from the communities currently underserved by our museums:

  • Individuals between the ages of 16 – 50 years old
  • Individuals from low-income backgrounds 
  • Disabled individuals, including physical, mental and invisible conditions 
  • Individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds 
  • LGBTQ+ individuals 

We and our partner museums are not recruiting right not, check back here for future career opportunities.

New Media Marketing and Development  Officer – Swindon Museums (Lydiard House Museum) 

Closing Date: 21 July 2024. 

Swindon Borough Council are seeking a commercially focussed and ambitious New Media Marketing & Development Officer with significant experience in digital marketing management to join our successful Museums and Heritage Team. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for helping to promote some of Swindon’s premier heritage attractions by delivering the highest quality marketing and business development to reinforce the Council’s heritage and commercial objectives.

 
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Operations Assistant – Dorset Museum & Art Gallery  

Closing Date: 12 noon, 30 July 2024. 

Dorset Museum & Art Gallery are seeking an Operations Assistant to join the team. The job holder is responsible for supporting the Head of Operations with the day-to-day management and administration of the operational aspects of the Museum & Art Gallery. These relate mainly to events, but also visitor services and commercial activity (retail and café), to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the museum through the application of sound management principles and policies. 

 
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Trustee Finance Lead – Wessex Museums 

Closing Date: 2 September 2024.  

The role of the Financial Lead is to maintain an overview of the Trust’s financial position and of the conduct of its financial  affairs such that they provide well-grounded advice to the board. WMT employs an independent accountancy firm to prepare the  charity’s accounts and to support the financial operations of the charity, this role is focused on the strategic oversight.

Main duties include: 

  • Guiding and advising the board about its financial duties and responsibilities and in the approval of budgets, accounts and financial statements, within a relevant financial policy framework.
  • Ensuring that appropriate and effective financial measures, accounting procedures and controls are in place, which are appropriate for the charity.
  • Ensuring that all board members have a clear understanding of the accounts presented at meetings and the implications
    that they reveal.
  • Liaising with the CEO about financial matters, including procurement and occasional payment approvals. 
  • Liaising with the charity’s auditors where appropriate.

 

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To apply
For information on how to apply for the opportunity, please refer to the document above. Applications should be emailed to hello@wessexmuseums.org.uk by 2 September 2024. 
 
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