Director of Collections & Engagement

The Director of Collections & Engagement provides strategic leadership and holds responsibility for the collections and public programme, including the permanent galleries, exhibitions, public events, learning and community engagement activity, and champions care and access for our nationally designated collections.

You will bring together people working across different disciplines and functions to deliver a shared vision, setting strategic priorities in areas such as audience development and collections’ care, and driving forward a vibrant public programme.  Using our unique collection of 65,000 objects as the catalyst for community engagement, public events, exhibitions and learning, you will foster a collaborative approach that enables the museum to deepen relationships with existing audiences, reach new communities, and deliver meaningful, lasting public impact.

This role is key to our ambitions for gallery redevelopment; you will set strategic vision, work with the teams to develop content, and build a network of relationships to ensure that the new galleries are empowering, exciting, and welcoming for visitors with a wide range of identities, experiences and needs.