Royal Academy of Arts (RA)
Department: Exhibitions
Reports to: Senior Exhibitions Manager (SEM)
Direct Reports: Assistant Exhibitions Managers x 2
Salary: £36,750
Contract: Permanent, Full Time (40 hours)
Location: Iconic Piccadilly site, with an agile working approach
About the Royal Academy of Arts (RA)
The Royal Academy’s Exhibitions Department organises a world class programme of exhibitions every year, focusing on solo exhibitions of historic, modern and living artists, artistic schools and movements, key international collections, large-scale surveys of major civilizations and work by Royal Academicians.
Drawn from public and private collections, the programme is often organised in partnership with leading museums internationally. It is displayed in three suites of galleries: the Main Galleries (approximately 1900 square metres), the Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler Wing of Galleries (approximately 330 square metres) and the Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Galleries (approximately 320 square metres). The Main Galleries are one of the largest temporary exhibition galleries in Europe.
Our Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will have experience of organising temporary exhibitions in the cultural sector and have a thorough understanding of the handling and display of a wide range of objects and detailed knowledge of borrowing nationally and internationally.
We are looking for someone who combines excellent organisational skills with the ability to work simultaneously on different projects and to tight deadlines. You will have a robust experience of exhibition budget formulation and monitoring; preparing and negotiating agreements and contracts associated with exhibition organisation, and of working with Government Indemnity Schemes.
You will have excellent diplomatic, interpersonal and communication skills, a positive can-do attitude and be confident and assertive in your approach. You will also be confident in line managing more junior members of the team and thrive off developing and getting the best out of others.
Why join us?
You will be joining a team who are passionate about what they do, where they work and really care about the success of the people and the organisation. We really do put people first in the decisions we make and listen to your views before acting. We also offer a variety of benefits (some pretty unique to us!)
- Enhanced Pension Scheme (employer contributions of up to 10% of your salary)
- Access to all our Exhibitions, in addition to Exhibitions with our reciprocal partners (other cultural institutions across the country)
- Access to Staff Events held at the RA
- Enhanced Holiday (25 days, plus an extended Christmas break)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Give as You Earn Scheme to donate to a Charity of your choice
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discount in our Cafés and Shops
- Employee Council, where your views can be shared and listened to
- Employee Choir, Life Drawing Classes and a variety of Employee Clubs, run by employees for employees, from football to crafts.
