| Job Title | Executive Director Collections & Curatorial |
| Location | IWM London but flexibility on location may be available |
| Salary | Up to £120,000 per annum |
| Department | Director Collections & Curatorial |
| Normal Working Hours | 36 hours net per week |
| Directorate | Collections & Curation |
| Position Type | Permanent |
| Reports to | Director General |
| Contract | IWM Trading Company |
Job Description
The role of Executive Director, Collections & Curatorial will lead on strategy and the teams to manage, care for, develop, research, and present our collections and the stories they tell, to diverse audiences and through platforms including permanent displays, temporary exhibitions, publications, online content, and loans. Working closely with the Executive Director, Audiences and Public Engagement and in support of IWM’s purpose and vision, the post holder leads a team of over 150 professionals, with responsibility for over 33m assets. The Executive Director, Collections and Curatorial is accountable to the Executive Team and Trustees.
The Departments in the Directorate include:
- Collections Management
- Collections Operations
- Narrative & Content
- Exhibitions, Interpretation & Design
- Collections Access & Research
Responsibilities & Key Duties
- Strategic Vision and Leadership:
- Develop and implement strategies to promote the IWMs purpose and vision
- Collaborate with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and Trustees to set strategic goals and objectives
- Provide visionary leadership
- Operational Management:
- Oversee day-to-day activities, ensuring efficient operations
- Improve performance across all departments
- Develop and maintain organisational culture
- Develop and deliver a range of exhibitions whose outcomes are clearly understood and performance is measured
- Ensure compliance with regulations relating to the collection
- Financial Management:
- Manage budgets, financial planning and resource allocation.
- Monitor expenses and create long term plans for future costs, ensuring the collection is well maintained in line with our obligations
- Make data-driven decisions to ensure IWM acts using objective criteria.
- Stakeholder Relations:
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including partners, supporters and community members, to ensure IWM remains relevant to all audiences through the development and presentation of its collections and narrative
- Represent the organisation externally
- Team Leadership:
- Provide guidance and coaching to subordinate managers.
- Demonstrate and expect high standards from all team members
- Foster an effective team of leaders and grow future talent
- Strategic Planning:
- Implement strategic plans for organisational development
- Ensure alignment with long-term goals
- Develop a schedule of exhibitions and displays that support the delivery of IWM’s purpose and vision, meet audience expectations and challenge perceptions, and that include effective measures and methods of evaluation to support future planning
You can read about IWM and the work we do on our website.