Southbank Centre is looking for a Curatorial Assistant to join the Hayward Gallery Exhibitions department on a permanent, full-time basis.
About the role and the team:
As the hub of visual arts activity at Southbank Centre, Hayward Gallery presents a diverse exhibition programme that features monographic surveys of influential artists from across the world and major international group shows exploring pivotal themes and issues of the day. Hayward Gallery also offers a programme of free exhibitions with lesser known artists in our Project Space to audiences in London and beyond.
Role objective:
- Support the curatorial team in the planning, organisation and delivery of Hayward exhibitions and other projects.
As well as working at one of London’s most popular and engaging sites the successful candidate will also benefit from the following:
- a min 5% pension contribution (going up to 8% depending on employee contribution)
- 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working model (3 days office working, 2 days from home)
- Enhanced sick pay
- Enhanced family leave benefits
- Discount at all onsite retail, food and beverage vendors
- Free staff tickets for SC events
- Free entry to Hayward Gallery
- Free/discounted entry to other institutes such as the Tate
- Free staff yoga
The Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre occupying a prominent riverside location that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. We exist to present great cultural experiences that bring people together and we achieve this by providing the space for artists to create and present their best work and by creating a place where as many people as possible can come together to experience bold, unusual and eye-opening work. We want to take people out of the everyday, every day.
The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Southbank Centre is made up of the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery as well as being home to the National Poetry Library and the Arts Council Collection. It is also home to six Resident Orchestras (Aurora Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Philharmonia Orchestra).
Southbank Centre’s Artistic Mission:
Southbank Centre provides great artistic experiences for everyone. Through art, visitors are invited to enjoy shared cultural encounters together. The Centre creates a place where as many people as possible can come together to experience bold, unusual, entertaining and eye-opening work.
Applications from people from a Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse background or those who are D/deaf or disabled are welcomed. Reasonable adjustments such as a BSL interpreter for the interview can be arranged. Interviews are currently taking place via Zoom or Google Hangouts, and support to access these platforms can be provided. Concerns or requests for adjustments can be addressed to hrteam@southbankcentre.co.uk.
Southbank Centre is a warm and welcoming place to work, with great aspirations and ambitions to create great and accessible work for all. It prides itself in building a supportive environment to enable the development of its staff. Even if applicants feel they have only some of the required skills and experience but meet the person specification, they are encouraged to apply. The Centre is open to continuing the training and development of individuals who are self-motivated to acquire new skills and knowledge relevant to the role.
