Curatorial Fellow
| Posting date: | 02 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,707 to £30,378 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 September 2025 |
| Location: | Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Teesside University |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | T02198 |
Summary
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What we offer you:
- A holiday entitlement of 185 hours (25 days), increasing to 28 and 30 days after 3 and 5 years’ service respectively, plus bank holidays
- Additional leave over the Christmas and New Year period during the Christmas closure
- Special leave to support a range of circumstances
- Hybrid working arrangements: 60 percent On Campus and 40 percent Working from home
- Flexi time scheme
- A variety of provision to support staff with personal development and recognition
- A range of family friendly benefits
- An employee benefits platform which provides discounts with 350+ retailers and access to health and wellbeing resources
- More information about our benefits and an employee benefits brochure can be found here
MIMA Frieze x Deutsche Bank Curatorial Fellow
Contract: Fixed Term (12 months)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: MIMA & Teesside University, Middlesbrough (hybrid working: 60% on-site, up to 40% remote)
Salary: £26,707 - £30,378
MIMA is seeking a Curatorial Fellow for a year-long, full-time paid placement for a curator of Black and/or global majority heritage. Funded by the Frieze x Deutsche Bank Emerging Curators Fellowship, the role supports UK-based emerging curators to gain professional experience and address racial inequalities in the arts.
Working within MIMA’s Programme Team, you’ll contribute to exhibitions, collection displays, events, and community programmes, supporting research, concept development, artist liaison, logistics, marketing, and interpretation. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop your own research interests within MIMA’s programme.
We’re looking for someone with some experience in museums, galleries, or cultural organisations, strong organisational skills, and enthusiasm to develop their curatorial practice.
Evening and weekend work will be required on occasion. Flexible working arrangements are available.
Closing date: 24 September 2025
Interview date: 1 October 2025
It is important that you are available on the interview date shown above as we are unable to accommodate interviews on a different date due to panel availability and the timescales for this project.
We will invite the successful candidate to join us at the Frieze Art Fair in London in mid-October, where we will officially announce the appointment.
Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will not qualify for University sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.
Please note that the University may ask you to participate in a number of selection activities as part of the recruitment process for this vacancy.
Click here for further details of this and other posts at Teesside University.
Please note that we are advertising this vacancy on other websites but we are not using those third parties to collate applications for us. If you are viewing this advert on a third party website please ensure you apply directly to Teesside University
What we offer you:
- A holiday entitlement of 185 hours (25 days), increasing to 28 and 30 days after 3 and 5 years’ service respectively, plus bank holidays
- Additional leave over the Christmas and New Year period during the Christmas closure
- Special leave to support a range of circumstances
- Hybrid working arrangements: 60 percent On Campus and 40 percent Working from home
- Flexi time scheme
- A variety of provision to support staff with personal development and recognition
- A range of family friendly benefits
- An employee benefits platform which provides discounts with 350+ retailers and access to health and wellbeing resources
- More information about our benefits and an employee benefits brochure can be found here
MIMA Frieze x Deutsche Bank Curatorial Fellow
Contract: Fixed Term (12 months)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: MIMA & Teesside University, Middlesbrough (hybrid working: 60% on-site, up to 40% remote)
Salary: £26,707 - £30,378
MIMA is seeking a Curatorial Fellow for a year-long, full-time paid placement for a curator of Black and/or global majority heritage. Funded by the Frieze x Deutsche Bank Emerging Curators Fellowship, the role supports UK-based emerging curators to gain professional experience and address racial inequalities in the arts.
Working within MIMA’s Programme Team, you’ll contribute to exhibitions, collection displays, events, and community programmes, supporting research, concept development, artist liaison, logistics, marketing, and interpretation. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop your own research interests within MIMA’s programme.
We’re looking for someone with some experience in museums, galleries, or cultural organisations, strong organisational skills, and enthusiasm to develop their curatorial practice.
Evening and weekend work will be required on occasion. Flexible working arrangements are available.
Closing date: 24 September 2025
Interview date: 1 October 2025
It is important that you are available on the interview date shown above as we are unable to accommodate interviews on a different date due to panel availability and the timescales for this project.
We will invite the successful candidate to join us at the Frieze Art Fair in London in mid-October, where we will officially announce the appointment.
Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will not qualify for University sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.
Please note that the University may ask you to participate in a number of selection activities as part of the recruitment process for this vacancy.
Click here for further details of this and other posts at Teesside University.
Please note that we are advertising this vacancy on other websites but we are not using those third parties to collate applications for us. If you are viewing this advert on a third party website please ensure you apply directly to Teesside University