Senior Exhibitions Producer

Job Description

Senior Exhibitions Producer, Museum, London, maternity cover c12 month ftc, full time, paying £33,400.Our client, a world-renowned Museum based in London requires a Senior Exhibitions Producer, to manage the day-to-day development and delivery of high-quality Public Engagement and Learning programmes.The main duties of the Senior Exhibitions Producer role are:

• Delivering high quality participation and formal and informal learning experiences for audiences
• Managing the day to day development and delivery of high-quality Public Engagement & Learning programmes and working collaboratively across the team
• Take forward Strategy, aligning with an evolving programme in a collaborative, creative & agile way
• Working independently as well as across different teams to contribute to and deliver priorities
• Delivering excellent customer service, ensure value for money at all times
• Adhering to all corporate standards, and use corporate systems as directed to ensure consistency of service, brand and operational standards
• Working with Executive Producers to create, develop and deliver distinctive programmes from idea generation, through concept, interpretation, development and active delivery, working with partners
• Managing elements of projects and assigning work to Producers, or external contractors; recruiting and developing a team of external contractors and freelancers to provide advice/consultancy/delivery
• Line-manage Producer/s within to deliver the programme in line with the Strategy & frameworks
• Working with Executive Producers to pilot, test, evaluate & continually develop a seasonal approach to programming developing public engagement through a shared approach
• Embedding programming with innovative & creative production values & ambitious digital elements
• Actively ensuring all programmes are inclusive by identifying appropriate target audiences
• Working proactively with the other Senior Producers to identify of commonalities in projects and delivery
• Provide evaluative contributions and meaningful analytical engagement for the assigned projects
• Managing budgets through forecasting, day-today maintenance and actual spend
• Deputising for the Executive Producers internally and externally as appropriate
• Maintaining an active interest in developments in public engagement and learning
• Support production of departmental financial planning, budgeting and tracking KPIs
• Manage operational budget for department

Skills and experience

• Previous experience working in public engagement and learning, preferably in a heritage organisation
• Excellent project management and partner experience in a public engagement and/or learning context
• Experience of developing innovative, creative and intellectually sound public engagement & learning
• Excellent communication and team working skills and experience of working with multiple stakeholders across a large, complex organisation, and externally, to achieve results
• Good experience of targeting work to specific audiences and creating relevant and dynamic programmes
• Flexible working style with ability to move between projects adeptly
• Sound knowledge of formal and informal learning practices with particular experience of working with one or more of these audience groups: schools, families, young people, adults
• Line-management experience and experience of working with contractors
• Large-scale event management skills
• Ability to prioritise a varied workload & work accurately under pressure to meet deadlines
• Effective interpersonal skills - the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people
• Ability to manage and monitor budgets
• Good knowledge of all Microsoft packages including Excel
• A flexible approach to work and good team-working skills

This is a great opportunity, apply now!Due to the large number of applications that we receive, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.Val Wade Recruitment are actively looking for applicants from underrepresented communities, and pride ourselves as an equal opportunities’ employer and agency.