Collections Manager, Heberden Coin Room (Maternity Cover)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 11 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £34,982 bob blwyddyn, pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 29 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford |
| Math o swydd: | Dros dro |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 181345 |
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The Heberden Coin Room
The Heberden Coin Room is a department of the Ashmolean Museum, in the University of Oxford. With c. 300,000 coins of all periods and all countries and collections of medals, tokens, and paper money, it represents one of the leading international coin cabinets (see: https://www.ashmolean.org/heberden-coin-room).
About the role
Reporting to the Keeper or the Deputy Keeper, you will be responsible for ensuring that the Coin Study, Coin Store and displays are secure, tidy, clean, well-organised, fully equipped and maintained on a regular basis. You will also develop and maintain collections management, reporting and volunteering systems, operational procedures and documentation standards, and looking after the departmental off-site storage and archives.
The role involves occasional lone working and heavy lifting. Manual handling training will be provided.
This is a fixed-term (maternity cover) post from 20th October 2025 – 4th September 2026. The position is part-time, based onsite, working 18.75 hours per week (0.5 FTE).
The successful candidate will be required to undertake a satisfactory Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) due to working unsupervised with valuable objects.
About You
You will be familiar with handling, storing and documenting museum objects according to best practice.
You will have excellent general IT skills and be familiar with collections management systems.
You will capable of developing and maintaining departmental systems and training your colleagues in their effective use.
The ability to organise your own workload amidst competing priorities and to take initiative where appropriate, is also essential.
What We Offer
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits
Diversity
Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.
We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible. If you require the job description or any other materials in an alternative format, or if you would like to request any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk.
How to apply
You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.
We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Volker Heuchert, Deputy Keeper of the Heberden Coin Room, Curator of Greek and Roman Provincial Coins, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (volker.heuchert@ashmus.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).
Only applications received online before 12.00 midday BST Friday 29 August 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place, in person, on Monday 22 September 2025.
*An automatic annual increment each year will be paid up to (and not including) the discretionary range within the University of Oxford’s grade 6 salary scale.
The Heberden Coin Room is a department of the Ashmolean Museum, in the University of Oxford. With c. 300,000 coins of all periods and all countries and collections of medals, tokens, and paper money, it represents one of the leading international coin cabinets (see: https://www.ashmolean.org/heberden-coin-room).
About the role
Reporting to the Keeper or the Deputy Keeper, you will be responsible for ensuring that the Coin Study, Coin Store and displays are secure, tidy, clean, well-organised, fully equipped and maintained on a regular basis. You will also develop and maintain collections management, reporting and volunteering systems, operational procedures and documentation standards, and looking after the departmental off-site storage and archives.
The role involves occasional lone working and heavy lifting. Manual handling training will be provided.
This is a fixed-term (maternity cover) post from 20th October 2025 – 4th September 2026. The position is part-time, based onsite, working 18.75 hours per week (0.5 FTE).
The successful candidate will be required to undertake a satisfactory Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) due to working unsupervised with valuable objects.
About You
You will be familiar with handling, storing and documenting museum objects according to best practice.
You will have excellent general IT skills and be familiar with collections management systems.
You will capable of developing and maintaining departmental systems and training your colleagues in their effective use.
The ability to organise your own workload amidst competing priorities and to take initiative where appropriate, is also essential.
What We Offer
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits
Diversity
Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.
We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible. If you require the job description or any other materials in an alternative format, or if you would like to request any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk.
How to apply
You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.
We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Volker Heuchert, Deputy Keeper of the Heberden Coin Room, Curator of Greek and Roman Provincial Coins, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (volker.heuchert@ashmus.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).
Only applications received online before 12.00 midday BST Friday 29 August 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place, in person, on Monday 22 September 2025.
*An automatic annual increment each year will be paid up to (and not including) the discretionary range within the University of Oxford’s grade 6 salary scale.