Museum Trainee

Role Overview & Responsibilities

A fixed term role for one year, beginning September 2023.

35 hours per week

£21,840 per annum

A Museum Trainee is sought for York Minster. York Minster’s museum, library and archive collections consist of over 300,000 items, with the artefact collections ranging from stained glass, silver and furniture to archaeology, sculpture, stonework, textiles and social history material. The Minster is home to an Accredited Museum, the Undercroft Museum; the largest Cathedral Library in the country with over 90,000 volumes; and archival records and manuscripts dating back a thousand years. In 2019, the Minster welcomed over 700,000 visitors, of all faiths and none.

The post is suitable for a recent graduate of a postgraduate Museum Studies or equivalent course, or person with equivalent professional experience. This is a fixed-term role for one year; an excellent developmental opportunity which will provide hands-on experience and training in collections care and management, exhibitions and displays and collections-related public engagement.

This post would suit someone committed to learning; a motivated individual with a good awareness of the principles of collections care and museum services, keen to develop their professional experience. They will work within the friendly and supportive Collections & Interpretation team, and contribute to collections management, displays, visitor welcome and public engagement.

To apply please visit the York Minster website. Completed forms should arrive no later than noon on Monday 22nd May 2023. Interviews will take place on Tuesday 13th June 2023.

Please note that due to Church of England 'Safer Recruitment requirements', we cannot accept applications directly through Indeed or by CV only. Our system also doesn't accept images (such as from an iPhone) so please email any attachments or contact us to discuss your application.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Salary: £21,840.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 22/05/2023