Jobs for the Arts, Culture and Heritage sector

Director of Development (Part time)

£70K FTE, 2 year fixed-term contract, 1 day per week 

We are looking for a senior philanthropy professional with a strong interest in music and a proven track record in growing and building high level funding relationships, to work part time to build and engage a committed network of major individual donors to fund the long-term sustainability of La Nuova Musica (LNM) and fulfilment of its creative vision. 

Welcome from the CEO

La Nuova Musica is a leading ensemble in its chosen field of music from the 17th and 18th centuries with a focus on the voice. This is a unique opportunity to shape future opportunities for LNM. You will be joining us at a pivotal time as the orchestra builds on its current success with a board that is fully engaged and eager to establish a professional, strategic approach to philanthropy. LNM deeply values the role of philanthropy, particularly as public funding is highly constrained.

You will have the full backing of the CEO, the Board and the Artistic Director who are ready to work closely with you to build and steward transformative philanthropic relationships that align with our artistic and strategic ambitions.

You will also have access to an influential network and be introduced to and collaborate with our most senior philanthropic supporters. While the number of supporters is currently small, they are among the most respected and well-connected individuals in the arts. 

We believe that this is a rare opportunity to make a lasting impact and, while our philanthropic foundations are still developing, they are promising. The Board understands that meaningful, long-term philanthropic growth requires time, trust, and strategic investment—and they are committed to supporting you on that journey.

About La Nuova Musica

La Nuova Musica is an early music ensemble led by its founder and Artistic Director, David Bates, and known for spirited performances that receive widespread acclaim from audiences and five-star reviews from the press. 

“If anyone can be relied on to make Baroque music sound newly hatched, it’s the aptly named La Nuova Musica. They dust out the tiniest corners of phrasing and embellish the music so that it sounds more dizzy with life than you’ve ever heard before”. The Times

LNM appears regularly at the Wigmore Hall, St Martin in the Fields, the London Handel Festival as well as festivals around the UK. They made their BBC Proms debut in 2022 with a performance of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas described as “a superbly evocative night” in The Times and “a musical tour de force” in Opera Today. In 2024 they appeared for the first time at the Grange Festival in a series of performances of Monteverdi’s opera, The Coronation of Poppea, hailed by Opera Today as “truly a five-star production, and easily one of the best interpretations of Monteverdi or a Baroque opera I have seen.'

LNM has also appeared in concert halls and festivals across Europe including the Handel Festival Halle, La Seine Musicale Paris, the Göttingen International Handel Festival, the Salzburg Festival, the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, and the Steffani Festival in Hanover.

Their reputation is enhanced by a series of award-winning recordings for Pentatone and Harmonia Mundi. Their latest recording of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas was selected as one of two opera recordings for the prestigious Abbiata award in Italy, alongside a recording of Katya Kabanova conducted by Simon Rattle with the LSO.  It was one of Gramophone’s recordings of the year and BBC R3’s CD Review chose it as their Recording of the Week. “the way it zings off the page bristling with dramatic life and energy from the first bars, and with a range of voices and imaginative instrumental accompaniment, fills it with incident and colour”.BBC Radio 3.

An earlier release, Handel’s Unsung Heroes, was selected by BBC Music Magazine as their Recording of the Month and awarded 5 stars as “a stunning collection of Handel opera numbers. For originality, risk-taking and erudition, it towers above its predecessors. The project is a heroic achievement for all involved.” 

La Nuova Musica’s strategic goals

We are bursting with ideas and feel we have so much more that we want to achieve. We perform regularly at the Wigmore Hall in London and are in the process of establishing a presence in Salisbury (David Bates’ hometown) and in Oxford, where we are working with an excellent chamber choir of young amateur singers, Schola Cantorum.  By giving the same concert in all these cities, we make best use of our artistic and financial resources at the same time as broadening our reach.

We also aim to deliver new strands of activity. One is relaxed concerts for anyone who needs an informal setting to enjoy our performances. The other offers high quality professional experience to singers and players from the modern instrument world in understanding baroque and early classical music. This is important for several reasons, not least to build and strengthen the UK pool of musicians for the future to preserve this repertoire. 

We receive no public funding and are only able to continue thanks to the support of generous individuals who love what we do and want us to do more. As is the case in our sector, ticket sales do not cover the cost of performances. We also need to pay our administrative team for any activity to take place at all. We currently operate thanks to a small but highly experienced and committed team who work remotely, at significantly reduced rates, because of their belief in David Bates and La Nuova Musica. To achieve our vision, we need to secure ongoing funding for core running costs (approximately £120k per year) as well as additional funding for specific artistic projects and other activity (approximately £120k per year, though this will vary from year to year).

Thanks to the fantastic support of generous individuals, LNM can engage with some ambitious projects such as Handel’s Giustino, our first co-production with the Royal Ballet and Opera which takes place in October 2025. We have successfully raised the money required for this and can now put in place some important and ambitious projects for the next three years. 

These include:

·Promoting two concerts each year in St Martin in the Fields, which entails risk on a larger scale than the Wigmore Hall where we are engaged (paid) to perform. (£15k p.a.)

·Developing further our work in Salisbury with two annual concerts which feed off our regular series in the Wigmore Hall and St Martin in the Fields. (£12k p.a.)

·Developing our relationships in Oxford along the lines of Salisbury (see above) (12k p.a.) 

·Developing a relaxed concert strand where performances are specially prepared and delivered to suit anyone who needs an informal setting to enjoy our performances.  (10k per run of events)

·Grow existing strands of work which provide experience for amateur singers, young professional singers and players in informed baroque and early classical performances. (15k per run of events)

·Recording some of our best work to act as a calling card with promoters and the public. (£40- 50k per recording)

·Build on our existing work to make and keep early music relevant, thus protecting its cultural heritage, by commissioning new work for the ensemble which combines the sounds and techniques of early music with that of living composers. (£15-20k per commission)

The Role

Role Dimensions

·To deliver excellence in supporter stewardship, building commitment and increasing funding and support from current LNM major individual supporters

·To research and lead a prospect pipeline for new five and six figure multi-year commitments

·To design and execute special high-level events for prospect/donor cultivation and development

·To develop and write compelling propositions for key trusts and foundations

·To ensure all fundraising is conducted as per the Codes of Fundraising Practice and other regulatory guidelines

Essential Experience and Skills

oProven delivery performance at a significant giving level, both individually and leading others to achieve (including Trustees and senior leadership)

oAbility to build long term HNW relationships, alongside several personal skills including being persuasive, receptive, inquisitive, dynamic, politically savvy and inspirational

oProven experience of building and leading excellent donor stewardship programmes at a senior level, including high level implementation of special events, and proposition development for trust and foundations

oUnderstanding and knowledge of key fundraising regulations with experience of implementing process and systems required to deliver best practice.

Reporting Structures 

The Director of Development is a member of the senior management team and will report to the CEO John Summers, whilst working closely with the Artistic Director, David Bates, and Finance Director, Val Hawkin.

The entire team work remotely and meet up on-line and in person when required.

The Director of Development line manages a part time administrator (Job Description available on request)

The IS Support Manager oversees daily operations ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction. In this role, you will be responsible for managing day-to-day operations but also for elevating the quality and efficiency of technical support services provided.

The successful candidate will coordinate with various departments across the Gallery including the IS team, working closely with both technical and non-technical teams to provide a reliable, responsive, and proactive service experience.

Join The London Library – Library Assistant (fixed term)

• Contract: 12 months fixed term, full-time
• Salary: £27,619.20 per annum plus benefits
• Location: St James’s Square, London SW1
• Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm
• Ref: LL/25/06
• Closing date: 18th July 2025 @ 5:00pm
• Interviews: w/c 21st July 2025

About The London Library

For 180 years, The London Library has stood as one of the UK's greatest literary institutions, inspiring creativity, and ideas. Our esteemed members, past and present, include literary giants like Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf, and contemporary authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro and Sarah Waters. Our collection boasts around one million books, a vast eLibrary, and an invaluable postal loans service, making it a sanctuary for those who cherish the written word. We are championed by our President, Helena Bonham Carter CBE, and operate as a registered charity.

About the Role

We are seeking a Library Assistant to join our dedicated Member Services team. In this pivotal role, you will:

· Deliver a full range of library circulation functions, from book issue to returns to postal loans

· Respond to member enquires, including requests for materials and book suggestions 

· Provide tours to prospective members and conduct new member inductions

· Assist members in exploring the collection by identifying appropriate reference sources and creating materials to support their discovery of the collection

· Always deliver high quality service standards at all times

About You

You are an enthusiastic professional with:

• A formal qualification in a relevant discipline or qualified by experience
• Experience of library-based work, with knowledge or a keen interest in the Arts and Humanities
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills as well as an eye for detail
• Comfortable undertaking physical duties associated with moving heavy stock
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends on a rota basis.

Personal attributes include:

• Being pleasant, approachable, and helpful, even under pressure.
• A willingness to adapt and assist with various tasks as needed.

Why Join Us?

The London Library offers a friendly, hardworking, and inclusive workplace where we strive to support the diverse needs of our team. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to equality and diversity. Specific adjustments and access needs can be discussed to make this role suitable for you.

If you have the expertise  to deliver a great member experience and are passionate about using your skills to contribute to the development of The London Library, we want to hear from you!

Please note:

· We can only consider candidates with the current right to work in the UK.

· We reserve the right to shorten or extend the closing date of any position where a high or low volume of suitable applications are received. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, an early application would be encouraged.

Join The London Library – Marketing Executive (Freelance Casual)

• Duration: 12-months (July 2025 – June 2026)

· Hours:  Anticipated 2 days/week in 2025/26 and 1 day/week in 2026/27.                                                                                               Working patterns to be mutually agreed upon appointment 

• Status: PAYE or Contract
• Salary band:  £120/per day worked
• Location: St James’s Square, London SW1 or Remote
• Reports to: Head of Marketing and Communications
• Closing date:  Sunday 13 July 2025 @ midnight

· Interviews: w/c 14 July 2025

About The London Library

The London Library is one of the UK’s greatest literary institutions, providing a centre of creativity, inspiration and ideas for over 180 years. Well-known members and frequent borrowers have included Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Bram Stoker, Virginia Woolf, EM Forster, Daphne du Maurier, TS Eliot, Muriel Spark, Angela Carter, AS Byatt, and Ian Fleming. 13 winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature have been members. Current writers in membership include Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, Sir Tom Stoppard, Raymond Antrobus, Sir Simon Schama, Jessie Burton and Sarah Waters. Nearly all of its collection of around one million books can be borrowed with around 5,000 new books being added each year. It also offers a vast eLibrary and invaluable postal loans service. The Library is a membership library and charity, and is championed by its President, Helena Bonham Carter CBE.

About the role

We have an exciting, fixed term opportunity for a Marketing Executive (Freelance or Casual) to provide backfill support to the Marketing and Communications team during delivery of another project, which will contribute to membership growth and revenue for the Library. In this pivotal role you will:

· support the Library’s marketing and communications team

· increase awareness of the Library and grow membership

· implement the Library’s digital communications strategy, creating content and growing and engaging audiences

About you  

You are an experienced and self-motivated professional with: 

· Social media management experience, including growing and engaging audiences, and preferably from an arts/cultural or charity organisation

· Knowledge and experience of digital communications and content creation across a variety of channels including copy, visuals, and video, and analysing its performance

· Experience of digital marketing techniques and software including email software, CRM, and Google Analytics

· Experience of growing membership, visitors, or income

· High-level interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a variety of people

· Highly organised with a creative flair, and attention to detail

Personal attributes include:

• Being pleasant, approachable, and helpful, even under pressure.
• A flexible attitude and adaptable to change

· Self-motivated and dedicated, with a willingness to collaborate as needed.

Why Join Us?

We are a friendly, hardworking team and a welcoming workplace that supports flexible working. We aim to be as inclusive and equitable as possible and can discuss specific adjustments and access needs to help make this role fit for you.

If you are excited by the opportunity to use your communication skills to tell the world about The London Library, we would love to hear from you. To apply please visit our website via the link and complete the online application form.

Please note:

We can only consider candidates with the right to work in the UK.

We reserve the right to shorten or extend the closing date of any position where a high or low volume of suitable applications are received. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, an early application would be encouraged.

What is the job?

Making Music is the UK association for leisure-time music, with 4,000 music groups in membership including choirs, bands, ensembles of all kinds, orchestras, and more.

We are looking for a full-time Making Music Platform Manager. The role sits within our Membership & Services Team and is responsible for the delivery of our Making Music Platform service to members.

Making Music Platform is an online platform to help them run their music groups. It includes:

• A public facing website
• A member login area
• Databases to manage membership and activities
• Email communication with members and supporters
• Tools to help with group management including: document sharing, invoicing, data reporting and taking card payments for memberships, merchandise and event bookings

What kind of talent are you looking for?

You should be organised, practical and proactive - able to work as part of a team and use your own initiative to try new ideas and drive work forward.

The Making Music Platform is an IT product and so good IT skills are needed but that does not necessarily mean in-depth technical knowledge (e.g. html or php). Full training on the specifics of Making Music Platform will be provided. The key things for this role are: a technical, logical and curious mind, and the ability to communicate effectively with non-technical people.

What are the terms and conditions?

The 37.5 hours per week can be worked flexibly, and some from home, by agreement with your line manager. We expect at least 3 days to be in the office in Moorgate. The salary is £32,010/year.

Is diversity important for Making Music?

Yes, it is!

We understand that having different voices from all sections of society in our team will help us be the best we can be and best support our diverse membership. We especially welcome applications from disabled people, people of the Global Majority or people whose socio-economic background has limited their opportunities.

How do I apply?

We are looking for the best person for this role, whatever your past opportunities, so we ask you to complete three tasks online. Your answers to these will be the only information the two staff members making a longlist will look at.

We are committed to making adjustments to our application process – please get in touch and tell us what we can do: we want you to have the best chance at showing us what you are capable of. Contact details can be found on our website vie the apply now link. 

What is it like working for you?

This is a friendly team, and we work hard at being inclusive of everyone. Read our vision and values here. Our bright and lively office is located in one of the buzziest areas of London, with excellent transport links and nice places to spend your lunchtimes or meet friends after work.

Management Accountant 
Salary: circa £55,000
Permanent, Hybrid working 
Hybrid working 2 days a week in Central London office

Join one of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions as a Management Accountant. This world-renowned arts organisation is at the forefront of the creative and cultural sector championing artistic innovation, collaborating with global talent, and delivering boundary-pushing public programmes.
Reporting to the Head of FP&A, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality management information, budgeting support, and performance analysis that enables senior leaders to make confident, informed decisions.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an astute finance professional to step into a high-impact role, contributing directly to the financial health and sustainability of a globally respected creative organisation.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the production of monthly management accounts with insightful variance analysis and commentary
• Assist in delivering timely and accurate budgets and reforecasts across a diverse range of departments
• Develop and maintain financial models to support planning and decision-making
• Partner with key budget holders, offering financial insight and challenge to support effective performance management
• Contribute to the evolution of dashboard reporting and the integration of non-financial KPIs
• Play a hands-on role in enhancing reporting processes, controls, and reconciliation of restricted and project-based funds
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support senior stakeholders and strategic initiatives

About you:

• You’re a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• You’ve got solid experience in management accounting and budgeting, ideally in a complex or project-based environment
• You’re analytically strong, systems-savvy, and confident building models and drawing meaningful insight from financial data
• You enjoy business partnering, communicating financial concepts clearly and building trusted relationships across teams
• You’re proactive, adaptable, and driven by purpose you want your work to have a meaningful impact

We welcome applications from all sectors—including industry, charity, and practice. What matters most is your ability to bring financial insight and business acumen.

The Orchestra Unwrapped Coordinator will play a crucial role in the Learning & Engagement Department, managing our flagship education work that supports our commitment to building a pipeline of exceptional and confident musicians. This role will involve on-site project delivery, representing the Orchestra with external partners and project participants, and facilitating our engagement with schools in London and across the Orchestra’s UK residencies of Bedford, Leicester, Canterbury, Basingstoke.

Key Responsibilities

Planning:

• Programming and delivering our schools’ concerts, including our flagship Orchestra Unwrapped series

• Preparing and scheduling all materials, workshops, CPD/INSET, and resources for Orchestra Unwrapped

• Planning schedules, budgets, and programmes for projects commissioned by music hubs and schools

Execution:

• The delivery, monitoring, and reporting of Orchestra Unwrapped

• Being the first point of contact for school partners, presenters, conductors, and general queries

• Designing and allocating seating plans, ticketing, and coordinating school-based contributions to Orchestra Unwrapped (artwork, sit in sessions, etc)

• The delivery, monitoring, and reporting of commissioned education projects

• Managing project budgets as above

• Responsibility for commissioning participation pieces and bespoke pieces for concerts

• Deliver workshops and CPD for teachers, monitoring and reporting on quality and feedback

Collaboration:

• Fixing and supporting the players, facilitators, and presenters within the projects, and planning any resources or briefings they need.

• Supporting relationships with education organisations to support all our education related work, as appropriate

• Creating management schedules for all staff involved in the concerts

Orchestra-Wide Responsibilities:

• Undertake other such duties as may reasonably be required by the line manager.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential:

• Experience of supporting the delivery of arts, music, or education projects and programmes

• Experience of supporting the delivery of concerts

• Excellent administrative skills

• Excellent verbal and written skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Experience of working and communicating with a range of stakeholders, including musicians, partner organisations, animateurs, and participants

• Ability to read music and understand orchestral scores

• Proficiency with standard office software and computer systems

• A flexible approach, and willingness to work unsocial hours (evenings and weekends) when required.

Desirable:

• Ability to create reports and evaluations

• Experience managing and reporting on budgets

• Understanding and experience of the English school system

The role is subject to a full DBS check.

Initial Priority Areas of Focus

• The set up and launch of our Schools Concert Programme ‘Orchestra Unwrapped’

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Technical Project Lead to manage and collaborate with an external development/implementation partner and coordinate the smooth adoption of Salesforce within the Charity.  This critical role will be responsible for the full project lifecycle, from planning and requirements gathering to execution, testing, training, and post-implementation support. You will be the central point of contact for all project stakeholders, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration throughout the project.

 Main Responsibilities

• Work with the Director or Finance & Operations (DFO)  to invite tenders for and engage a development / implementation partner to support the adoption of this phase of Salesforce implementation
• Work with the development/implementation partner to develop detailed project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation. Manage the execution of these plans, tracking progress, and ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery.
• Coordinate with the implementation partner to gather and document business requirements from relevant team members to translate these into technical specifications.
• Lead and motivate key stakeholders including the implementation partner and end-users. Foster a collaborative environment and ensure effective communication between team members.
• Act as the primary point of contact for all project stakeholders, providing regular updates on project status, risks, and issues. Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure their buy-in throughout the project.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate potential project risks. Develop contingency plans to address unforeseen challenges and ensure project success.
• Define and implement quality assurance processes to ensure the delivered Salesforce solution meets business requirements and is free of defects. Oversee testing activities and ensure proper documentation of test results.
• Develop and execute change management plans to ensure smooth user adoption of the new Salesforce solution. Provide training and support to end-users.
• Manage project budgets effectively, tracking expenses and ensuring cost-effectiveness.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, requirements documents, technical specifications, test plans, and user manuals.
• Providing updates against outcomes / budget to the Director of Development (Grants/Major Gifts) to enable rigorous, timely feedback to the project funder.

 Person specification 

• Proven experience (three years minimum) of leading digital transformation projects, with a strong focus on Salesforce implementations and customisations and a strong record of success.
• Deep understanding of Salesforce platform capabilities.
• Excellent project management skills, including budget and stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.  
• Ability to manage, coordinate and get buy-in from technically inexperienced team members.
• Experience with data migration and integration is a plus.
• An understanding of safeguarding data, confidentiality, safe working practices and GDPR compliance.
• Knowledge of appropriate project management frameworks (agile, waterfall) to set project scope, meeting key milestones and budget constraints
• An understanding of equal opportunities issues and a commitment to diversity.
• Commitment to Create, its activities and mission.

Terms & Conditions

• This is a part-time (0.6 FTE), fixed term contract for one year, with a review to extend at the end of that term.
• This role is based in London.
• Salary: £45,000 per annum pro rata (0.6 FTE).
• Holiday: 25 days (including 3 faith days*) + 8 Public Holidays pro rata.
• A beautiful office based in the City of London. Hybrid working is available following induction period.
• 21-hour week: standard office hours are 9.30am-5.30pm, Monday to Friday with an hour for lunch. Work outside these hours is required on occasions.
• The opportunity to visit projects and Showcase events.
• As part of Create’s Green Action Plan, the charity offers the Cycle to Work scheme. T&C Apply.
• In line with Create’s Safeguarding Policy, all staff are required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which Create will carry out upon appointment.

*  Create closes the office over the Christmas period. For staff members who celebrate other faith days, however, the charity is happy to discuss alternative dates.

Create is committed to a policy of equal opportunities embracing diversity in all areas of activity and positively welcomes applications from disabled people and people of all ethnicities.

Are you a passionate fundraising leader looking to use your skills to support the largest sculpture park of its kind in Europe?

Charity People is partnering with Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) to find their new Head of Development. They're looking for an ambitious, experienced fundraising leader to help secure YSP's future.

Salary: £42,000 to £47,500 per annum
Contract: Permanent, either full time (37.5 hours), or part-time hours considered to 0.8 FTE
Location: Hybrid between office and home, with 3 days per week onsite (for full-time employees)
Benefits: 33 days holidays per annum (pro-rata for part-time employees), including bank/public holidays plus an additional day for every year's service up to a maximum of 38 days, access to employee assistance programme, staff discount in YSP's retail and catering outlets including a discounted lunch offer, free entry to YSP after working hours, free parking onsite, free access to other visitor attractions across the UK.
Culture: Flexible, supportive, able to work with autonomy

About the Charity

Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the leading international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture in the UK. It's an award-winning and pioneering organisation that aims to challenge, inspire, inform and delight, welcoming over 230,000 visitors every year. An independent charitable trust and registered museum, the sculpture park is situated in 500-acres of 18th-century landscape in West Yorkshire. As offices go, this one is pretty tough to beat!

About the Role

This is a brilliant time to join YSP as it approaches its 50th anniversary and is looking to secure financial support for the next 50 years. The Head of Development will be integral in securing YSP's future through crafting and executing an ambitious fundraising strategy, developing new income streams, and growing a pipeline of funding. Currently, the development team generates £500k per annum, which YSP aims to double over the next five years.

You'll lead and develop a team of four, providing the tools and support they need in order to deliver exceptional fundraising initiatives and events. While you'll work collaboratively towards shared goals, a key priority of this role will be to secure major gifts and build long-term relationships with a network of philanthropists, supporters and partners.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced fundraiser, ideally in the high value space. You'll have project management experience and will have developed and delivered strategic plans.

You'll be an expert communicator and relationship builder, with excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders. You'll also be a strong leader, with experience managing and inspiring staff to complete projects successfully.

Most importantly, you'll be excited by the prospect of working towards YSP's mission to showcase exceptional art, creating meaningful and enjoyable cultural and learning experiences for everyone.

Please send a copy of your profile or CV to Ellen Drummond at Charity People as the first step.

Deadline: 9am on the 16th July
Interviews: w/c 28th July

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

Modern Workplace Analyst
Information Services
Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Permanent
£40,312 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Friday, 18 July 2025

About the role:

To provide engineering and technical support in the delivery of enterprise-wide IT Modern Workplace services to the Museum's circa 1,000 staff, for partners and guests who use the Museum's services. The successful candidate will work as part of the third line team of engineers responsible for the Museum's Modern Workplace across visitor services, operational and curatorial departments.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Microsoft 365 Services (operational support)
• Custom applications (server and client)
• Device configuration and management
• Documentation (technical and process)
• Maintain technology roadmaps and evaluate and test new modern workplace solutions
• Provide operational support including supporting the Museum to understand how core productivity solutions are consumed and make recommendations on how best to improve the end user experience, with particular emphasis on the use of Microsoft 365 Services
• Preventative maintenance ensuring systems are well maintained, documented, monitored and alerts are responded to appropriately
• Utilise ITIL frameworks to deliver services and change control

About you:

The successful candidate should have the following skills as well as experience with the following technologies:

• Microsoft Active Directory
• Entra ID
• Intune Device Management (Windows 11, macOS, Android and iOS)
• PowerShell
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019+
• Microsoft Group Policy
• Results driven with strong interpersonal skills

About the British Museum:

Founded in 1753, the British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is a leading visitor attraction, and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. The Museum also holds an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists such as Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.

You can view a selection of our impressive collection of prints and drawings in our .

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays.
• Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out what benefits a civil service pension provides).
• Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
• Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
• Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

Additional details:

For more information about this role, please see the job description.

If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details

We have a legal responsibility to ensure that employees have the right to work in the UK. If you currently do not hold the right to work in the UK, we can only sponsor a limited number of roles that meet eligibility criteria. To offer a sponsorship, the job role you apply needs to be in the list of eligible occupations: . Additionally (with some limited exceptions), the role will need to meet the minimum salary threshold of £38,700 or the going rate for the job, whichever is the highest. You can find more information here:

The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

We specifically encourage applications from candidates from ethnic minority groups who are underrepresented within our senior roles.

We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you. We would typically see this role as working on site about three days a week.

The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.

About Us

The Natural History Museum is one of one of the world’s best-loved visitor attractions, as well as a leading science research centre and commercial event space. We use the unique collection of more than 80 million objects we look after and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. Each year we welcome more than five million visitors from around the world to our sites in London and Tring. 

We’re at a pivotal moment in our history. Our new strategy sets out our ambition to play a central role in tackling the increasing threats facing the natural world. We have ambitious plans leading up to our 150th anniversary in 2031 and are looking for talented people who share our mission and are excited to help drive these changes. Along the way, we aim to offer you a supportive and nurturing environment, with the opportunity to be part of a high-performing team. We’re dedicated to providing opportunities for personal progression through our learning and development programmes and are committed to identifying and providing opportunities for internal progression.

Diversity and inclusion matter to us

We welcome applications from everyone! Diversity, inclusion and the feeling
of belonging matters to us. By attracting people from a broad range of backgrounds we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. We offer a stimulating and professional working environment. All our staff work to embody our behaviours of being curious, ambitious, pioneering, teaming up, acting with pace and sharing the wonder.

We know we have more to do, but we’re committed to making sure that everyone who works here feels valued, respected and that they can thrive.

Thriving at the Museum: the way we work

Our vision is a future where both people and planet thrive. To accomplish this, we’re delivering an ambitious strategy by 2031 to create advocates for the planet. To achieve this shared goal requires each of us to behave in ways that help everyone to thrive. We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach this shared ambition.

We’re ambitious. To make a difference on a global scale we have to push the boundaries and be big and bold not only in our thinking but in the goals we set. We act with integrity, but this doesn’t mean we’re rigid or inflexible.
We drive ourselves and others to be excellent at what we do and identify opportunities to make a difference to the organisation wherever we can. 

We’re curious. We never stop learning. We ask questions to advance our understanding, skills and professional knowledge and look outwards beyond the organisation to learn from others. We seek out and actively listen to different perspectives and to take time to reflect. We’re thoughtful and always receptive to new ideas and ways of working.

We share the wonder. We are captivated by the natural world, proud of our treasures and trusted guardians of our collections. We relish telling stories to inspire others. We’re passionate about what we do, sharing our own knowledge and expertise. We’re proud of where we work and never take this for granted.

We’re pioneering. We’re not afraid to try something new. We experiment, embrace complex problems and use good judgment and evidence to innovate and take risks. Always adaptable, we’re ready to change our approach.
We don’t dwell on setbacks or get preoccupied with problems – we find solutions.

We team up. We respect the expertise of others and recognise that we produce the strongest outcomes when we put the best ideas together. We trust each other, keep things simple and make it easy for others to do the right thing. We empower and support each other, sharing information, skills and experience so that all of us are equipped to succeed. We never let difficult moments develop into bad working relationships.

We act with pace. We prioritise action, are efficient and always focus our efforts where we know we can make the biggest impact. We don’t wait to be told what to do - we take the initiative and deliver on our responsibilities with momentum. We’re decisive and once a plan is set, we all get behind it to make it a success.

Role Summary

Development Group generates philanthropic and sponsorship income to help us create a Natural History Museum for the future – investing in capital development, attaining vital acquisitions for the collection, transforming our galleries, developing innovative exhibitions and undertaking ground-breaking scientific research on issues that affect us all.

Reporting into the Head of Resources & Planning, this role provides the opportunity to join a Development operations team in driving forward the exciting, ambitious and transformational NHM150 campaign.  You will have the opportunity to be innovative and proactive, as well as utilise your creativity, project management and organisational skills to oversee donor recognition and ensure we are providing a consistent and best in sector experience for our donors and partners.

Main tasks and responsibilities

Stewardship and supporter journey

• Working closely with the Head of Philanthropy and Head of Corporate Partnerships, lead the development of a structured, overarching stewardship programme that works across the Museum. Take a supporter journey approach and ensure the programme includes a creative and innovative range of benefits and recognition to foster well-managed, mutually beneficial and lasting relationships with funders.
• Coordinate stewardship efforts and work with colleagues to produce tailored stewardship plans.
• Provide strategic and day-to-day advice and guidance to staff on stewardship.

Funder recognition

• Work with the Philanthropy and Corporate Partnerships departments to ensure a cohesive approach to the funder benefits matrix and recognition and acknowledgement.
• Advise and lead on funder inclusion with event and event material including, speeches, invites and associated thanking moments
• Lead on the creation and implementation of a funder recognition strategy for each major project and giving mechanism, ensuring consistency with the Museum’sdeli Naming and Recognition Policy and including, but not limited to, funder boards and naming opportunities.
• Lead for Development on work with the Design, Comms, Marketing and Digital team to develop agreed frameworks and ‘lock-ups’ for the NHM’s brand and visual identity. Create agreed procedures to ensure sign-off by all parties which is effective and well-communicated.

Communications and reporting

• Support colleagues in researching, writing and producing high-quality impact reports for funders in line with Deeds of Gift, contracts and other agreements.
• Support the creation of the Museum’s Annual Review, Annual Report and similar impact reporting; ensuring appropriate funder recognition.
• Manage the annual Season’s Greetings cards creation and distribution

Other responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with a diverse group of Museum stakeholders, to ensure stewardship plans and activities are successfully coordinated and delivered.
• Responsible for oversight of Supporter Cards for key Development supporters, working with the Database team to create and distribute.
• Develop a strong knowledge of sector best practice through networking, benchmarking against comparable institutions, identifying and undertaking training and development opportunities, and where appropriate implement these best practices at the Museum.
• Record essential information accurately and appropriately, using Development Group systems and the Raiser’s Edge database. This includes tracking agreed and live negotiations for funder recognition and commitments on major projects.

What we’re looking for

Essential

• Significant experience in a fundraising / funder management role, or similar project management experience
• A strong working knowledge of the role of stewardship in the not-for-profit or cultural sectors, with the ability to initiate and manage stewardship activities.
• A proactive, positive and creative approach to stewardship, with the ability to recognise and create relationship-building and strengthening opportunities.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively both face-to-face and through written material such as letters, reports and visual presentations.
• Attention to detail and ability to successfully negotiate with colleagues across the Museum to monitor and deliver donor recognition requirements.
• A team player, able to work flexibly and positively with colleagues to achieve shared goals.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage a busy workload, set priorities, meet deadlines and work unsupervised.

Desired

• Experience working on a major capital campaign
• Experience of using a fundraising CRM such as Raiser’s Edge NXT
• Demonstrated commitment to best practice and innovation
• An interest in the Museum and its mission
• Willingness to work occasional evening/weekend events

Key information

Salary: £38,347 per annum, grade 4

Hours: Full time, 36 per week

Contract: Permanent

This is a hybrid working role so you will be expected to divide your time between home working and working on-site at South Kensington.

All positions at the Natural History Museum are conditional subject to
receipt of:

• Proof that you are legally entitled to work in the UK
• A Basic Disclosure Check from the Disclosures and Barring Service (DBS) 
• Satisfactory references covering the last 3 years of your employment or education 
• Health clearance 

The Museum supports flexible working.

Our benefits

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a wide range of benefits to help you thrive both personally and professionally.

• Wellbeing and work-life balance
• Generous annual leave allowance of 27.5 days holiday plus public holidays
• Enhanced sickness pay to support you through periods of illness
• Wellbeing provision including Mental Health First Aider support and regular learning sessions on wellbeing topics
• Flexible working and hybrid working arrangements where the role allows
• A 24/7 employee assistance programme including face to face counselling sessions
• Occupational health advice and support
• Eye care vouchers for display screen users
• Supportive policies to help you manage life events, for example becoming a carer, menopause, transitioning at work

Financial

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10% of salary
• Life insurance that will pay 4 times your salary to a beneficiary in the event of your death in service
• Season ticket and cycle loans to help you spread the cost of cycling to work
• Rental deposit loan scheme – to help you spread the cost of a deposit on a rental property
• 20% discount in our NHM shops both online and in store
• Discounts in our on site restaurants and coffee shops, and use of our staff canteen at South Kensington
• Discounts at local shops and restaurants within the South Kensington area

Cultural and lifestyle

• Free entry with your NHM staff pass to a wide range of museums and galleries across London and around the UK
• Every staff member is entitled to 10 complimentary tickets each year to give to friends and family
• Access to the Civil Service Sports and Social Club for a small monthly fee, offering a range of benefits such as discounted tickets to visitor attractions and gym membership discounts
• Access to the NHM Sports and Social Association for a small fee which provides access to our fitness centre at South Kensington and a range of activities and clubs including football and yoga

Family friendly

• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Flexible working and hybrid working arrangements where the role allows
• Supportive policies to help you manage fertility treatment
• Paid special leave to help you manage unexpected life events or to make caring arrangements

How to apply

To apply, please complete an online application through our recruitment portal.

The closing date for applications is 06 July 2025, 23:59.

First stage assessment for this role is likely to take place in week commencing 21 July 2025.

Weekend Studio Assistant
Salary: £25,397p/a pro rata (£6,349 p/a actual)
Hours: Part-time, 10 hours a week - Saturday & Sundays 11am-4pm
Line Manager: Head of Communities, Practice & Participation
Place of work: Modern Art Oxford, Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1

About the Role

The weekend Studio Assistant supports visitor engagement in the Studio and Ground Floor Gallery at Modern Art Oxford. You will create a safe and friendly welcome, to support a lively, social atmosphere within the Studio which plays a significant role in building lasting relationships with visitors and families. The Studio Assistant will encourage reflective conversations with visitors as they arrive, providing context for the space and resources by demonstrating their use with the prompts provided. This is a practical role, and you are encouraged to develop your own creative skills while keeping the space tidy and presentable throughout the day. 

About Us and The Studio

Modern Art Oxford is one of the UK’s leading contemporary art spaces. Our programmes offer opportunities for all for inspirational exchange and creative participation, both in person and online.

Modern Art Oxford is Oxford’s only public space dedicated to contemporary art and culture. We pride ourselves on innovative and ambitious programming, our commitment to education, and our confidence in the power of visual culture and art to enact positive social change.

Inspired by all our exhibitions, The Studio is a family-friendly, social environment designed to inspire learning for all ages by encouraging visitors to explore, experiment and play. The Studio welcomes 4000 visitors a year who often visit the space to socialise with friends, and relax. Families with young children regularly use the space to play and visitors of all ages enjoy spending time in the studio to experiment with the materials provided. Modern Art Oxford invites the practical use of this space to anyone who will benefit from having access to a studio like atmosphere. The studio is a shared space which is open to the public throughout the week and weekends and is also home to our regular projects Make Play and Young Creatives, as well as holiday workshops, short courses and evening classes which take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Please note: This role offers weekend hours only, with additional opportunities to assist other programme activities with the Communities, Practice & Participation team as appropriate.

Duties

• Facilitate activities in our Studio on Saturdays and Sundays, utilising the materials provided. 
• Encourage visitors to take part in the current programme activities and upcoming events. 
• Support Modern Art Oxford Producers with delivery of weekend workshops. 
• Maintain accurate records on attendance..
• Set up and pack down workshop activities with the guidance of producers. 
• Engage families with Activity Backpacks, maintain materials, and record feedback. 

Responsibilities

• Assist all visitors in accordance with MAO’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy 
• Ensure the Ground Floor Gallery and Studio are kept clean and tidy throughout the day. 
• Encourage visitor feedback via comments cards and surveys, alert the Duty Manager of any complaints.
• Treat all visitor feedback in a calm and professional manner. 
• Follow Health and Safety and building security practices at all times.

Person Specification

Essential Skills and Interests

• An active interest and commitment to contemporary arts practice 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience of working with the public and of providing excellent customer service
• Experience of assisting or supporting workshops (preferably in art spaces such as galleries)
• A self-motivated, creative and collaborative approach to team work with an ability to work independently
• Experience of working with diverse materials and media.

Desirable Skills and Interests

• An understanding of the principles of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• Training in First Aid.
• Experience of monitoring and evaluation.
• Knowledge of safeguarding principles.

Please note: The successful candidate will have access to a range of training opportunities at Modern Art Oxford

Benefits

Employees are entitled to a discount in our Modern Art Oxford Shop and Café. There is an Employee Assistance Programme through Gemelli and a discounts, Cycle-scheme and
Tech-scheme program available through BHN Extras.

Applications to be received by midnight on Monday 21st July.
Interviews will be held on the 29th and 30th of July.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We are committed to improving the diversity in our workforce in order to better reflect the diversity of our local communities. All job vacancies are advertised here as part of a fair and open process. We welcome applications from people of all cultures and ethnicities, including those that may experience racism, as part of our Anti-racism Action Plan.

No agencies please.

We are looking for an Individual Giving Manager for a 10 month maternity cover role starting from September 2025 until July 2026, to take responsibility for the operational planning and delivery of public fundraising programmes in line with agreed strategic fundraising goals, to grow individual giving income and the number of individual supporters.

This is a hybrid role with two days a week in the London office.

The Charity
A long standing collaborative arts charity, passionate about supporting artists in times of need and empowering them through all stages of their lives. You would be joining a welcoming team, known for its supportive and inclusive working culture, offering fantastic benefits including....
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and an additional 3 days between Christmas and New Year.
- Pension contribution of an amount equivalent to 10% of your annual salary.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and sick pay.
- The opportunity to apply for up to 12 pairs of complimentary tickets a year to a prestigious events venue.

The Role
Oversee and manage the implementation of a developing and ambitious individual giving programme that seeks to engage more arts lovers, recruits new donors (including regular givers), and retains and develops existing supporters.

Manage direct reports and teams responsible for individual/regular/in memory giving, community fundraising, supporter engagement, and trading income, promoting a culture of collaboration.

Maximise the use of digital engagement and fundraising opportunities to test concepts & messaging.

Report on appeals, campaigns, supporter journeys and other individual giving plans to provide insight on which plans can be optimised to deliver the best results.

The Candidate
Strong experience of delivering fundraising work plans to achieve against set income targets across all areas of responsibility (i.e., public donations, member schemes, community fundraising).

Significant experience of effective line-management and of managing fundraising teams.

Experience of donor audiences, supporter journeys and fundraising programme insight to take an audience-led approach to delivering fundraising campaigns.

Experience of digital and direct marketing strategy to improve engagement and deliver income targets.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful, but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

We are looking for a highly skilled and visionary senior leader, with a proven track-record of financial and business management and the creation of robust and innovative financial and operational strategies. The Senior Finance Lead will be a member of the senior leadership team, entrusted with strategic responsibility and supervising day to day management of the financial and commercial operations across the business including the shop, café, nursery, admissions and educational courses. The Senior Finance Lead will conduct rigorous analysis of financial data, trends and performance metrics to derive insights and offer recommendations for informed decision making.

In return Great Dixter offer a market rate salary and benefits package, together with flexible working practices where available. To apply, please send a full cv with a covering letter outlining your suitability for the post.

Early applications are encouraged; interviews may be staged and we may choose to appoint at any time during the application process.