Assistant Curator / Curatorial Assistant, Learning and Interpretation

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M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, we are building one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world, with a bold ambition to establish ourselves as one of the world’s leading cultural institutions. Our aim is to create a new kind of museum that reflects our unique time and place, a museum that builds on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.

(Candidate with less experience may be considered for the post of Curatorial Assistant)

In support of the Government’s Job Creation Scheme under the Anti-epidemic Fund, we are now inviting applications for the following position under a one-year fixed-term contract:

You will be responsible for:

creating and developing content for a range of drop-in and registered tours;
developing and implementing a training program for M+ Guides and museum educators to enhance mediation skills and discipline knowledge;
building relationships within the volunteer guide community;
ensuring effective communication within the learning and interpretation team, M+ Guides and M+ visitor services;
developing and implementing an evaluation plan to ensure outcomes are being met and issues are resolved;
working with curatorial, and exhibition and collection teams to recommend interpretive strategies and writing text to support audiences in the museum;
conducting research in field such as learning and teaching pedagogy, interpretation strategy, with an aim to offer a range of learning tools that allows for an expanded participation and engagement for all visitors; and
assisting the Learning and Interpretation team in all events and activities with administrative support.

You should:

possess a recognised university degree, preferably in Museum Education, Fine Arts, Design, Architecture, Moving Images, Creative Media, Cultural Management or equivalent;
have at least 4 years of work experience in coordinating, planning and implementing learning programmes for community groups; preferably in an arts and cultural organisation;
possess strong project coordination, research and interpersonal skills;
be self-motivated and able to work independently and cooperatively with others in a fast-paced environment;
be highly-organised and detail-oriented;
possess administrative experience preferably in project management in any arts and cultural organisations; and
have excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Chinese.