3 Heritage / Culture / Library jobs in Arnold, Nottinghamshire

This is an excellent opportunity to build communities and develop exciting volunteer projects in unique and special places. About the Role As Volunteering Officer you will manage, supervise, support and develop volunteers across our Market Town Museums at Melton Mowbray, Market Harborough and Loughborough. Research Volunteers meet on Mondays at Harborough Museum and on Wednesdays Research and Garden Volunteers meet at Melton Carnegie Museum. We are looking to create new volunteering opportunities at Harborough Museum. You will support our existing volunteers and recruit new volunteers, to deliver activities which enhance our visitor experience and public access to museum collections in its widest sense while ensuring the continued delivery of best practice in volunteer management. Support will include registering and processing volunteer expenses claims, celebrating volunteers' achievements and developing their skills, knowledge and experience where applicable. You will work with the service's Volunteer Development Team, Library colleagues and Charnwood Burrough Council staff to develop new opportunities for volunteering. Some infrequent weekend or evening working may be required to support events that involve volunteers or celebrate projects which include volunteers' contributions. An enhanced DBS check is required for this post. For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our .

• Have experience of guiding and supporting volunteers, preferably in museum galleries, displays and collections spaces
• Understanding of museum conservation, collections care and management processes and working with historic objects
• Knowledge of best practice for volunteer management with experience of successfully delivering volunteer projects
• Excellent communication skills, able to work across teams and service boundaries, with the ability to resolve conflict
• Supporting Health and Safety compliance and implementing Health and Safety audits and reviews
• Communicating with service users in a museum or other relevant public setting
• You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
In addition, we expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

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