Project Delivery Coordinator

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Job description

Do you have experience in coordinating projects from ideas to delivery? Do you want to play a key role in establishing our small exhibitions for display across the Science Museum Group sites?

At the Science Museum Group, we aim to inspire futures by creating informal learning environments through our exhibitions programmes which are designed to grow 'science capital' for our diverse audiences.

We are now recruiting for a Project Delivery Coordinator to join our Exhibition Services team. This role will be based at the National Railway Museum in York in addition to working from home.

The new Exhibitions Strategy marks a step change in the Museum's aspiration to engage with the best practices to enhance our visitors' experiences through beautiful, appropriate and well-crafted displays shown across SMG and beyond. Committed to this strategic priority the Exhibition Services team will support colleagues across the organisation to successfully deliver exhibitions, both within SMG and with our external partners nationally and internationally.

In the role of Project Delivery Coordinator, you will be responsible for the physical manifestation of small exhibitions for display across SMG sites. You will work with site Exhibition Project Managers, owning the procurement and production work packages for the projects you are assigned, supporting budget and programme administration for the work packages across the life of exhibition and delivery of the exhibition at its multiple sites where applicable.

Your excellent organising skills and strong attention to detail, accuracy and clarity of working will enable you to take on the responsibility for the logistics of moving the exhibitions between SMG sites successfully, ensuring the integrity of the design and care of the collection is maintained across scheduled displays. You will also support the Project Delivery Manager on larger exhibitions and tours to external venues.

Joining us you will have experience of coordinating projects from idea to delivery, within tight timescales. You will have a proven track record of coordinating budgets and project programmes as well as the ability to prioritise your workload effectively and manage competing tasks to achieve successful delivery. Crucially you will possess excellent written and oral communications skills which will allow you to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

The Science Museum Group (SMG) is here to inspire futures. As the world's leading group of science museums, we share our unparalleled collection spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine with over five million visitors each year. Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group. We know work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we currently offer up to 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays; BUPA medical and dental care; employee assistance programme; enhanced contributory pension; enhanced occupational sick, maternity, paternity and adoption leave and career breaks.

'Open for All' is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. As a national museum group, we have an ability to reach a wide and diverse population of audiences, colleagues and partners through our geography and scale.

We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to foster a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation and ultimately will be able to inspire more futures. We therefore welcome applications from those who bring difference.

Does this appeal to you? If so, click here to view the Vacancy Information Pack which provides you with details of the role and the application process.

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