Experiences & Partnerships Curator

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Job description

You'll be a member of a mixed team of internal consultants working with our properties across Northern Ireland to deliver fantastic experiences and grow support across a wide range of audiences. As part of our matrix way of working, you'll form part of an organisation wide network of curators who consist of both Experiences & Partnerships Curators and Cultural Heritage Curators.

Your contractual location will be Rowallane Stableyard, Rowallane Garden, Saintfield, however there will be an opportunity to explore and agree remote working arrangements which strike the right balance for you and the Trust. The role will also involve travel to properties or regional hubs to meet with stakeholders and to carry out work.

This is an exciting opportunity for a visitor experience professional to help deliver the National Trust's aspirations for curation and experiences. We're looking for a creative and networked expert to inspire new ideas and approaches and to help deliver an audience-led approach to programmes, partnership, participation and interpretation.

Our diverse and fascinating places present wonderful opportunities to engage audiences and grow support for our cause. Your role will be varied and include supporting the delivery of national programmes, identifying and developing new experiences, supporting delivery of exciting development projects and acting as a trusted advisor on everything linked to creating relevant and inspiring experiences at our places.

You will work to inspire teams to deliver exceptional experiences across a range of unique places including a World Heritage Site, historic homes, outdoor landscapes and industrial heritage sites. You will support teams to facilitate more diverse and inclusive experiences and develop partnerships to explore innovative ways to use and animate our places. You'll act as a change-agent enabling properties to define their purpose, deepen understanding and inspire meaningful and emotional connections to our places.

As part of the internal consultancy, you will help ensure we provide the best possible service. You will develop relationships with operational colleagues, partners and stakeholders within and outside the region.

We're looking for someone who has:

• Significant practical experience of delivering visitor experiences in a relevant sector
• The ability to build and influence an internal network of visitor experience professionals
• The ability to build strong collaborative working relationships within a matrix management structure and multi-site environment
• Proven ability to build on, innovate and develop new approaches and ways of working
• A commitment to inclusive and diverse histories, programming and engagement
• Strong consultancy skills, particularly active listening, communication and stakeholder management
• Experience of commissioning or procuring services externally
• Experience of undertaking, commissioning, interpreting and responding to internal and external research to better meet audience needs
• Experience of evaluating and re-imagining how places are used by, developed with and for people
• Good understanding of the latest innovations in the cultural and natural environment and visitor attraction sector for potential adaptation / use at National Trust places
• A flexible approach to work, with the ability to juggle competing priorities

Please use the application to best demonstrate how you meet the above criteria

Nature, beauty, history. For everyone, for ever.