Two job opportunities:

We are hiring

Community Engagement Lead,
Capital Project Manager

Deadline for both roles: 19th January 2021, 6pm


Community Engagement Lead

Salary: £30,000 p.a. pro rata
Hours: part-time, 30 hours per week (worked over 4 or 5 days)
Contract: 15 months (Feb/March 2021 - April/May 2022), with possibility of extension

Are you passionate about connecting with diverse communities in creative and meaningful ways? Do you see the power and potential of working with women’s stories and voices? Are you up for the exciting challenge of a new role which will take our community engagement to the next level?

We’re the East End Women’s Museum, a small charity that researches, shares and celebrates stories of East London women, past and present. In the next 15 months we’ll open a new building in Barking town centre. It will be a base for our new exhibition, learning and engagement programmes for schools, community, family and adult audiences.

In the lead up to opening the new site, we’re planning a year-long community engagement and co-creation programme which puts local voices at the heart of our decision-making process. We want to create a sense of local ownership of the museum, and ensure the building designs and new community programmes are welcoming, relevant and appealing to local audiences.

We’re looking for someone with relevant experience, excellent relationship-building skills and an audience-focused approach to create inclusive and impactful programmes that help put local women’s stories in the spotlight.

We’re especially keen to hear from you if you’re familiar with our local audiences and have existing networks within Barking and Dagenham and / or Newham.    

Full details and how to apply:
Community Engagement Lead - recruitment pack [pdf]
Equal opportunities monitoring form [pdf] [Word]
Application deadline: Tuesday 19th January 2021, 6pm

Capital Project Manager

Salary: £33,000 p.a. 
Hours: full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: 15 months (Feb/March 2021 - April/May 2022)

Are you an experienced project manager with a strong track record of delivering capital projects, ideally within the cultural sector? Do you have a passion for sharing women’s stories with a range of audiences through museum exhibitions? Are you up for the exciting challenge of delivering the Museum’s first capital project?

We’re the East End Women’s Museum, a small charity that researches, shares and celebrates stories of East London women, past and present. In the next 15 months we’ll open a new building in Barking town centre. It will be a base for our new exhibition, learning and engagement programmes for schools, community, family and adult audiences. 

We’re looking for someone to lead the process, taking the project from initial definition phase right through design phases to completion. This new role will be responsible for the design and fit out of the building, its facilities, the permanent exhibition and the first temporary exhibition. It will involve project, budget and risk management, as well as content and interpretation development. A key aspect will be contracting and managing a multidisciplinary project team of designers, consultants and contractors.

We’re looking for someone energetic, resourceful and resilient, who will create an inclusive and exciting new space for this new kind of museum.

We’re keen to hear from you if you have substantial experience of managing similar projects, excellent communication and organisational skills, and an audience-focused approach.

Full details and how to apply:
Capital Project Manager - recruitment pack [pdf]
Equal opportunities monitoring form [pdf] [Word]
Application deadline: Tuesday 19th January 2021, 6pm