Position reference: 50087793
Directorate: Growth & Sustainability | Service: Regeneration and Culture
Salary: £41,511- £44,711 Plus laptop
Working Arrangements: Agile Working
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
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Closing date: 02/06/2025 at 23:59
This post requires a Basic Criminal Record Check
Prospective employees will be required to give a reasonable account of any significant periods (6 months or more in the past 3 years) of time living abroad.
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At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to people’s lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.
We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
There’s so much happening in our thriving borough, and now’s the perfect time to join our excellent Museums service as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- We’re an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
- Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
- If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
- We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
- There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.
About the Post:
It’s exciting times at Barnsley - we have a bold vision for Barnsley in 2030 as a place of possibilities. Barnsley Museum’s represents a unique set of assets including Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens, the Cooper Gallery, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Experience Barnsley Museum and Archives and Worsbrough Mill and Country Park. Our museums have become ever more popular with over 2 million people visiting our sites during 2024/2025. We are proud of our work on increasing access to culture for all and our vision can be found here - https://www.barnsley-museums.com/accessibility.
The Borough’s cultural and heritage sector has grown extensively over the last ten years, and it delivers an ambitious and exciting programme – a national quality offer in a local landscape. Its significant recent achievements include Experience Barnsley being shortlisted for the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year prize in 2021, winning Kids in Museums Best Accessible Family Friendly Museum of the Year in 2022 and 2024 and the Sandford Award for Excellence in Heritage Learning at multiple sites. The museums service is an Arts Council England (ACE) National Portfolio organisation and Barnsley is an ACE Priority Place.
A new opportunity has arisen for a talented and experienced individual to lead the development and delivery of inclusive and innovative engagement and learning programmes across the heritage and museum service. We believe that museums can change lives through innovative, targeted and high-quality programmes which tackle the complex social issues we face across our borough. We want everyone to be able to experience great art and culture and this role will work with our local communities, educational and wider partners to place audiences at the heart of what we do.
You will be responsible for the co-production, implementation and review of a new Engagement Strategy for the service including new models of delivery and leading our work with schools, young people, families and communities. You will play an important role in the coordination of the NPO programme and creating new relationships with a range of stakeholders across the borough and within Barnsley Council.
The successful candidate will have experience of working in the museum or heritage sector in a community engagement and learning capacity including co-producing programmes and strategies with audiences. They will also be experienced in managing projects, teams and budgets and have strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
If you would like to find out more about this unique role, please contact Lynne Minett, Group Leader: Heritage and Museums LynneMinett@barnsley.gov.uk.
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Senior Engagement Manager Job Profile.pdf
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile.doc
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