Current job opportunities

From gallery assistants to curators, janitors to administrators, whether they are managing the collections, visitors or resources, each member of the British Museum’s 900 strong workforce helps to ensure that each of our five million annual visitors has a memorable visit and will come back again and again.

See below for a list of the current vacancies at the British Museum.

How to apply

Please read the person specification thoroughly before completing the application form.

Please return completed applications to bm@peoplemedia.co.uk
People Media Response, PO Box 50233, London, EC4A 4YZ

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Helpdesk and User Services Analyst

Job reference: 75462W

Salary: £22,327

Contract: Permanent

Department: IS

Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 13 October 2008

Main purpose of job:
To work within the User Services Group to provide technical and end-user support and deployment services to ensure the availability of Museum information systems.

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Project Assistant

Job reference: 75461W

Salary: £19,651

Contract: Permanent

Department: Capital Projects and Estates

Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 13 October 2008

Main purpose of job:
The post holder will assist in the delivery of a diverse programme of Capital building projects, to carry out their duties professionally, diligently and in a proactive, polite manner.  It is the responsibility of all staff to undertake these duties to the highest standards whilst being proactive in the drive to contribute to the Museum’s philosophy of continuous improvement.

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Curator of Modern Middle East

Job reference: 75477W

Salary: £25,172 pa

Contract: Fixed Term, Five Years

Department: Middle East

Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 15 October 2008

Main purpose of the job:
To acquire, curate and promote ethnographic, modern and contemporary material from the Middle East and Central Asia. To extend meaning for existing collections. To invest existing ancient collections from the Middle East with contemporary social and political significance. This relates particularly to the development of national identities, and regime change through the 19th and 20th centuries.

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