I use three main sources for online museum job hunting.
The Guardian’s Arts & Heritage page, museumjobs.com and the University of Leicester’s Department of Museum Studies job desk. There are hundreds upon thousands of job listing services out there, but these three do something right.
For one, there are few agency positions. These are job coming through a third party to which you have to sign up to them to get any information etc. They are also clearly marked out, so if you don’t want to, you don’t have to waste your time with them. The job postings are (mostly) international, so they’re not entirely closed off. The information is quite thorough. You will find very few “TBC” or “Depending on experience” when it comes to salary, or finding out the job is part-time/pro-rata at the very last moment of application.
From these sites, I’ll collect the best vacancies of the week and post them here. I’ll include salary and contractual status but any futher information will be linked to. I will tend to look at mid-range positions, so no directors/heads and no part-time receptionists. I will post the occasional internship if its interesting enough.
Make sure you quote the original source of the job when applying.
Thus began Culture Job Friday.
- Collections Curator - National Museum of Health and Medicine - Washington DC, USA – US$3,650 – US$4,038 Bi-weekly – Full Time – Closing date - 18/01/2009 (via Uni of Leicester)
- Education and Public Programs Officer - Museum of the Riverina - Wagga Wagga, Australia - circa AUS$59,000 (inc. Super) – Full Time – Closing date 02/02/2009 (via Uni of Leicester)
- C’mon, who wouldn’t want to work in Wagga Wagga?
- Manager of Historic Small Arms Collection/Exhibition - Royal Gunpowder Mills - Waltham Abbey, UK - up to £20,000 p.a. (pro rata) – Part-time or full time – Closing date 30/01/2009 (via musuemjobs.com)
- Manager of Guns. Sounds fun.
- Development Co-ordinator - National Maritime Museum – London, UK - £16,000 – 18,000 p.a. – Full time – Closing date 23/01/2009 (via museumjobs.com)
- Curator: Schools & Teacher Programmes – Tate Modern – London, UK - £25,500 p. a. pro rata – Part time – Closing date 16/01/2009 (via The Guardian)
- Content Commissioner, Multimedia Guide Project – The British Museum – London, UK - £25,221 pa fixed term 12 months- Full time – Closing date 23/01/2009 (via The Guardian)
