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JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Exhibitions Assistant - 2 days per week

SALARY: £24,861 - £27,937 pro-rata

LOCATION: Inverness Museum & Art Gallery

HOMEWORKING: This post is not suitable for homeworking

RESPONSIBLE TO: Exhibitions Officer

JOB PURPOSE: To assist the Exhibitions Officer in the curation and delivery of the temporary touring Exhibitions Programme to High Life Highland art galleries and specifically in developing the social media and educational aspects of the programme. Exhibitions are either curated in-house, curated in partnership with other organisations or sourced and hired from other organisations to cater to a variety of interests. The post-holder will concentrate particularly on the education, community engagement and the marketing and interpretation of the exhibitions. The post holder would also assist in co-ordinating the Visual Arts and Craft Makers Award scheme in partnership with Creative Scotland.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

Art Transportation

Moving exhibitions – duties include driving a van – usually a Luton - and couriering high-value works of art between the Highland galleries and outwith the Highlands to the Central Belt and further afield ensuring their safety and security.
Art-handling – loading and unloading vans appropriately to ensure safety and security of artworks, minimising risk; condition checking of artworks on arrival and departure of exhibitions and completing condition reports.

Exhibition Installation and de-installation

planning, hanging and dismantling exhibitions at Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, the Thurso Gallery and the North Coast Visitor Centre

installing artworks, identifying fittings, fixings and display equipment appropriate to the artwork and level of security

Curation

curating in-house exhibitions as part of a small creative team including developing exhibition plans and budgets and commissioning artists.

curating and developing a varied exhibition programme as part of the team including researching and sourcing suitable exhibitions to hire.

networking to create partnerships and identify new exhibition and funding opportunities

Education, Events and Activities

developing the exhibitions education programme including liaison with local schools and colleges, e.g. UHI

researching, developing and leading school tours, hands-on workshops and drop-in sessions, including online

devising a programme of events relating to exhibitions to engage different audiences, including taking account of the potential for the health and well-being agenda

co-ordinating with other HLH staff and museum curators on joint projects

Marketing and print

designing posters and other exhibition marketing material either in-house or in collaboration with lenders and funders;

developing and designing exhibition interpretation material including digital

preparing material for press releases, e-marketing and mailchimp

developing social media presence

organising off –site activities ( e.g XPO North, NGS)

General

General office admin , processing paperwork, aritsts’ agreements, Visual Artists and Makers Awards etc

Documenting and gathering material for project monitoring and evaluation for exhibitions with external funding

Gallery attendant support, meetings and minutes

Services required are variable, currently 2 days per week and 5 days during exhibition changeover weeks. The nature of the work necessitates a degree of flexibility in working hours, evening and weekend working particularly for private views, exhibition opening days and hospitality events

Other Duties:

You may be required to perform duties, appropriate to the post, other than those given in the job specification. The particular duties and responsibilities attached to posts may also be varied without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and would not themselves justify reconsideration of the grading. As a result of such variations it will be necessary to update this job specification from time to time.

Date: 9/07/2021

HIGH LIFE HIGHLAND JOB DESCRIPTION JOB TITLE EXHIBITIONS ASSISTANT

HIGH LIFE HIGHLAND

PERSON SPECIFICATION

JOB TITLE: Exhibitions Assistant - 2 days per week

LOCATION: Inverness Museum & Art Gallery

ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES:

In order to be able to carry out the duties of this post effectively and safely, candidates will be able to provide evidence of the following:-

EXPERIENCE

Experience of working in an arts organisation

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Educated to degree level in an arts-related subject

SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES GENERAL

Computer skills; ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team; good degree of physical fitness as some lifting is required

SKILLS/ABILITIES SPECIFIC TO THE POST

A good knowledge of contemporary art and artists; art-handling skills (desirable although training will be given); design and presentation skills; ability to work with basic computer design software and social media

INTERPERSONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS

Good communication skills for dealing with clients within and outwith the organisation, including partners, colleagues, school parties, general public - children and adults

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