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Enquiries about work experience, work placement or voluntary work will be welcomed after 1st October 2010. Until then we do not have any opportunities unless specifically advertised. We always prefer to hear from students themselves, if at all possible, rather than their family members or guardians.

Current Vacancies:

Commercial Director
Project Curator (Redevelopment of Egypt and Sudan Galleries)

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Commercial Director

Competitive Salary Package 3 years fixed term

The Ashmolean Museum is a part of Oxford University and it houses the University’s collections of art and archaeology. The collections themselves are of world significance. They range from archaeology to the fine and decorative arts of Europe and Asia. Above all, the Ashmolean is a great public Museum, open to all without charge. The Museum completed its redevelopment in November 2009 to deliver 39 new permanent galleries together with new temporary exhibition galleries, study and teaching facilities, conservation studios and significantly enhanced visitor facilities, including Oxford’s first roof-top restaurant. The redevelopment has received huge critical and public acclaim, evidenced by the very significant number of visitors to the Museum since its reopening, anticipated to exceed 1 million in the first year of operation.

We are looking to appoint a Commercial Director who can use their existing skills and experience to develop and exploit the potential within the Museum’s commercial activities. The jobholder will be responsible for directing, co-ordinating, and developing these activities, which currently principally comprise retail, catering, venue hire and events, publishing and the sale of image rights and marketing the Museum at large. They will also be required to identify and deliver new income streams, consistent with the brand values and ethos of the institution. The jobholder will thereby play a crucial role in enabling the Museum to achieve its objectives. This is a new post, created to ensure that the Museum can generate the funds needed to support its current operation and future plans. This represents an exciting opportunity to be a part of the senior team which will be responsible for the delivering the future ambitions of the Museum, building on the widely acclaimed success of the re-opening.

For further information and an application form, please see the following documents:

Closing date: 23rd August 2010

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Project Curator (Redevelopment of Egypt and Sudan Galleries)

Salary Grade 7: £28,983 p.a. - £ 35,646 p.a. Fixed Term Contract until January 2012

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Curator to work closely with colleagues to develop the interpretive scheme and design of the new Egyptian and Nubian Galleries.

To succeed, you will have a postgraduate university degree in Egyptology as well as a broad knowledge of the prehistory, history, material culture and languages of Ancient Egypt. In addition you will have recent experience in developing museum gallery displays as well as being a first class communicator with people from all walks of life. You will have worked in a museum before, holding a position of some responsibility. Computer literate, you will have some experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team as well as the ability to provide leadership and support to others.