Opportunity ID
604
As a Registrar (Fee-Paid Casual) at IWM, you’ll play a key role in managing national and international exhibition loans, ensuring the safe and accountable movement of collections. Based at IWM London, with travel to other sites, you’ll support exhibitions and partnerships that bring history to life.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage loans in and out from start to finish, ensuring compliance and accountability
- Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to deliver exhibitions and displays
- Oversee contracts, insurance, indemnity, and transport logistics
- Maintain accurate records and reporting using collections and financial systems
- Support the Head of Collections Registration in enhancing systems and standards
- Represent IWM at events and act as courier when needed
Who You Are:
- Experienced Registrar with a museum studies qualification or equivalent experience
- Skilled in collections governance, loans management, and risk assessment
- Proficient in using databases and reporting tools
- Strong communicator with excellent planning and organisational skills
- Collaborative and customer-focused, with a commitment to professional development
Ready to take your expertise to the next level? Apply today and help us deliver world-class exhibitions and partnerships.
For a full list of duties and the person specification (which your application will be marked against) please view the Job Description.
September 15th 2025, 9:00 AM
Interviews for this post are planned for the week commencing w/c 29 September
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. This role is subject to:
A basic check, which shows unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
IWM is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunities.
We miss out when people feel IWM isn't for them, and are committed to removing and reducing barriers to make IWM open to everyone.
Our Access and Inclusion strategy has been developed to promote openness, equal opportunities to access, inclusivity and encourage diversity in everything that we do, from employment practices, the services we provide to our visitors to the facilities we make available to public.
At IWM we seek to address the need for greater diversity within our workforce as well as the wider museum and heritage sector. In all our practices we embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity and we welcome applications from suitable candidates of all backgrounds.
We value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will do your best at work if you have a work / life balance. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, so if this is important to you please raise this with your recruitment contact, as we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.