Museum Operations Manager

Job Introduction

Bradford Museums and Galleries runs four historic venues located in different areas of Bradford district and attract 150,000 visits in addition to 18,000 school visits annually. The museum service works to ensure that everyone can experience and contribute to the Bradford district story. All our museums are in neighborhoods with diverse and changing populations and provide places for people to celebrate their heritage in welcoming spaces where people from all communities can feel safe to be themselves and access opportunities to learn, share and create. 

The main responsibilities of this role:

• To act as lead operational contact for Bradford City of Culture programme and partnerships,providing operational management of Bradford Museums & Galleries Service, maintaining corporate aims and objectives, organisational values and the objectives of both service specific and strategic plans.
• To ensure the effective management and development of resources responding to service needs for Bradford City of Culture 2025 partnership agreements and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and adherence to cleanliness, maintenance and security standards.
• To ensure that museum venues offer optimum standards of operational efficiency, customer service and presentation by delivering an effective, professional facilities management function, establishing excellent relationships with customers and stakeholders and ensuring quality customer focused services are delivered within performance and quality targets.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Operations Manager to oversee the operational efficiency of our four historic venues during Bradford UK City of Culture 2025. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operational effectiveness of our museums, supporting the visitor service and volunteer teams with a particular focus on accessibility, the visitor experience, and buildings performance. The successful candidate will have a track record in managing either historic properties or cultural venues and will evidence a strong commitment to providing an enriching visitor experience during the anticipated busy periods across our venues. They will possess effective leadership and communication skills and a commitment to putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of their work. If you are a versatile communicator who enjoys working in a public facing role with a broad range of personnel, we would like to hear from you. www.bradfordmuseums.org 

How to Apply

If you are interested in joining our team and would like some further information, please contact James Steward on 07977 590336 or email james.steward@bradford.gov.uk

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Equal Opportunities 

We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, marital status, gender re-assignment, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, ethnic background, religion or belief nationality or age. And, as an equal opportunities employer, the Council strives to employ the best qualified people from a diverse range of applicants. 

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