Dear all,

Just after appointing one new Museum Officer, our other Museum Officer post has become available. It is being advertised on the Leicester University Museum Jobs website.  If you could send the details to anyone you think may be interested I'd be very grateful

Many thanks.
Zoe Gilbert

Learning and Access Manager
Florence Nightingale Museum
2 Lambeth Palace Road
London SE1 7EW, United Kingdom
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel: +44 (0)20 7620 0374
Fax: +44 (0)20 7928 1760
Web: www.florence-nightingale.co.uk

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The Florence Nightingale Museum

 

Museum Officer (Part-time)

Job Title:                      Museum Officer (Part-Time)

Responsible to: Learning and Access Manager

Grade:                          Local Authority Scale 1 point 20

Salary:  £7,433 which is pro rata of £17,572 for the full time job (including inner London weighting and 5% pension contribution). This is in line with Museum Association salary guidelines for Entry I Level.

Payment method           One month in arrears, via Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS                                         Foundation Trust payroll

Hours:                          16.75 per week (averaged over 52 weeks)

Holidays:                      9.3 days (which is pro rata of 20 days p.a.)

Contract:                      Permanent

Other benefits:              Membership of Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust                             gym

 

A job opportunity has arisen at the Florence Nightingale Museum. The Museum is based in Lambeth and run by a friendly team of staff and volunteers. It is an exciting place to work with many developments in process. This is potentially a good starting post for someone undertaking an MA in Museum Studies or wishing to enter the profession. The post carries varied responsibilities and opportunities for much hands on experience. In August 2005 the Museum was accredited Investors in People status and places a strong emphasis on staff support and development.

 

You will take responsibility for helping run daily Museum operations, maintaining standards and safety, and working every Sunday, Monday and third Saturday. The role involves line management of two members of staff who work at the weekends and also involves working closely with volunteers. You shall work to the overall museum customer service standards for welcoming and assisting museum visitors and ensuring the museum runs smoothly.  Duties also involve managing and developing the museum hire programme, responsibility for visitor statistics, assisting in marketing to families and discount offers, and in undertaking such Museum duties as are reasonable and necessary. Commercial experience in marketing and sales is desireable. Friendly manner and flexibility required.

The Florence Nightingale Museum aims to be an equal opportunities employer.

 

For an application pack contact Jenny Mollergren at the Florence Nightingale Museum. Closing date for applications 12.00pm Friday 23 September 2005. E-mail [log in to unmask]. Tel: 0207 620 0374.