Job Vacancy - Collection Care Research Manager, Tate

Posted on Sun, 12/01/2019 - 00:00

Post: Collection Care Research Manager Department: Research Contract: Fixed-term 24 months Hours: Full-time Location: Millbank, London This is an exciting opportunity to join Tate’s Research team and use your skills to deliver world-class research on the care of collections. We are looking for a Collection Care Research Manager to work closely with the Head of Collection Care Research, Tate’s dynamic and creative Research Team and collection care staff to develop, manage and support research across the Collection Care Division. You will monitor and manage existing project budgets and project delivery, ensuring milestones are met, maintaining documentation, reporting to funders and preparing communications and reports. You will co-ordinate and contribute to the drafting of research grants currently in development and work with the legal and copyright team to set up the necessary legal agreements with partners. You will facilitate the implementation of the Collection Care Research Strategy, organise and facilitate meetings and events both with Tate staff and external partners. You’ll come to us with a proven track record of project management and a commitment to accurate and detailed reporting with excellent financial skills. Your project management expertise will be matched by a desire to support the development and delivery of research within a busy museum environment; supporting those who have many demands on their time to fulfil their research ambitions. You will be motivated to work to support the delivery of research in a science, technology, digital transformation or engineering environment and be excited to work in a practice-led research context. Skilled in delivering events, you will have the ability to navigate a large organisation. Open in your approach you will have excellent communication skills, with experience of writing and designing reports and documents for different audiences. This is an exciting time to join Research at Tate and a creative approach to problem-solving will be essential, as will a generous attitude to working to support colleagues within the department and from across the organisation Does this sound like you? How to apply: Our opportunities are open for you to apply online. Please visit: www.tate.org.uk/about/workingattate/ to create an account by registering your details or if you are an existing user, log into your account. For all opportunities, we ask candidates to complete an online application form for the vacancy they are interested in. If you need an application form in an alternative format, please call us on 020 7887 4997. Once you have submitted your application, you can keep track of its progress by logging in to your account. Closing date for the submission of completed application forms is 2 Feb 2020 Tate aims to attract and retain talented people from all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from black, ethnic minority, and disabled applicants as these groups are currently underrepresented in the cultural sector Our jobs are like our galleries, open to all.