Senior Exhibition Technician
Are you passionate about leading the team who bring culture alive across Hampshire with their technical skills?
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Job Title: Senior Exhibition Technician
Salary: £28,500 - £33,000 FTE
Location: Chilcomb House, Winchester
Hours: 37 hours per week
Type of Contract: Permanent
Job Description: Senior Technician
Are you passionate about leading the team who bring culture alive across Hampshire with their technical skills?
Leading the team of Exhibition Technicians who provide specialist support in installing, maintaining and taking-down temporary exhibitions at our three flagship galleries as well as permanent displays across our museums. You will use your expertise and knowledge to lead a team of employed and freelance technicians to deliver against an exhibition plan supporting our exhibition and venue managers. Working across an ever-changing programme of temporary displays that include irreplaceable fine art, fascinating interactive displays and fragile museum objects. You will be a practically minded, hands-on Exhibition Technician to help support the delivery of a dynamic programme of arts and culture who can lead the workshop management and administrative elements.
A bit about you
You’ll have previous team leadership expertise and strong administrative skills to support in leading the technician team. You’re stakeholder management skills and project planning expertise allows you and the team to deliver effectively against an ambitious and defined exhibition plan. Your previous experience of exhibition installation, perhaps in a museum, gallery or similar work environment and expertise as a hands-on carpenter will allow you to manage our exhibitions and displays with care. You’ll enjoy flexing your practical problem-solving skills and be confident working with both hand and power tools as well as working at height if required. As a team-player you’ll enjoying working with the wider team towards common goals and deadlines. And you’ll take pride in seeing a good job well done!
You must have access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across Hampshire (mileage will be paid) as HCT vehicles may not always be available.
What it’s like to work for us
At Hampshire Cultural Trust we have a vision to create inspirational culture experiences that enrich and transform lives. We manage and support 20+ attractions and deliver county-wide outreach programmes that bring great culture to local communities. We also deliver a diverse range of wider social impact initiatives targeted at those who are most vulnerable or disadvantaged and who would not usually have access to arts and culture.
We promote equity, inclusion and diversity and a culture that actively values difference. We recognise that people from different backgrounds and experiences can enhance the way we perform and work and we encourage and support the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our staff.
We are inclusive, valuing, and respectful of diversity, developing the ability to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Therefore, we are committed to implementing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities in our recruitment process and in employment.
We will be running a dynamic recruitment process so we would encourage candidates to submit an application as soon as possible as we may be interviewing candidates before the closing date.
To apply please fill in the application form with an up-to-date CV. We do not require covering letters for this position however would be grateful to receive context to your application.
Closing date for applications: 04.05.2025
Proposed Interview date: W/C 19.05.2025
To find out more about us visit our website www.hampshireculture.org.uk and https://careers.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/
If you have any queries relating to the recruitment process, please call our enquiries line or email people@hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk
- Department
- Programme and Collections
- Role
- Exhibitions Management
- Locations
- Chilcomb House
- Yearly salary
- £28,500 - £33,000
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Job Level:
- 3B
Need to talk to us?
Use the live chat function to speak directly to the Hiring Manager or drop us a message at: recruitment@hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk.
Alternatively you can talk to us directly on: 01962 396678
Our employee benefits:
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25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro-rated for part time working)
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7.5% Employer pension contribution
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Generous occupational maternity, adoption and paternity pay
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Generous occupational sick pay
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Life assurance scheme - 3x annual salary
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Industry-leading Employee Assistance Programme
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Interest-free season ticket loans and travel loans from first day of employment
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Access to 24/7 GP appointments for you and your immediate family
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Free eye tests and vouchers towards glasses
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Charity worker discounts scheme
(savings on retail, leisure, groceries, travel etc.)
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Health cash plan
(cashback on dental, optical, medical for monthly subscription cost)
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HCT Team Card
(free access to our admission charging venues and discounts across café and retail)
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Free Flu vaccination vouchers
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Cycle to work scheme
Our recruitment - what to expect
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Step 1 – Application
Check out who we are and find the role for you. Applying through our application form we'll find out about you and you an even add a fun flair to your application.
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Step 2 - Catch-up
Once we've got your application one of our team may reach out to find out more about you, your interest and to tell you about life at HCT. This is an informal catch-up.
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Step 3 - Interview and Assessment
Depending on the role you may have 1 or 2 stages of interviews. These will often include a task related to the role. We'll send a guidance pack prior to the interview to give you some hints, tips and to help prepare.
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Step 4 - Offer and Onboarding
Congratulations! We really think you could make your mark at HCT, so you'll receive your verbal offer and we'll start formally welcoming you.
Life at HCT
Not your traditional museum or art gallery
HCT is all about changing lives through culture and it is only through our staff and volunteers that we make that happen. We are selective on those who join us as we expect all of our teams and colleagues to uphold HCT’s values of being confident and creative in all circumstances. To strive for excellence with everything we do whilst taking responsibility and ownership for all aspects of our work as a trust in order to deliver amazing things through teamwork. All of this is underpinned by our keen strives to respect everyone’s individuality and uniqueness.
Chilcomb House
Senior Exhibition Technician
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