Museum Accreditation Adviser

Museum Accreditation Adviser

Salary: Grade 5, £34,298 - £40,617 FTE (£20,856.89 - £24,699.53 actual)

Contract: 22.5 hours a week. Fixed term until 31/03/2028

We are seeking an experienced professional to join our Museum Development North team to manage our Museum Accreditation support programme.

Our vision is to enable strong, agile museums to contribute to the distinctive life, cultures and identity of the North of England and be widely valued for their transformational impact. You will work as part of a dispersed northern team to support museums applying for Accreditation, submitting an Accreditation Return or ‘Working Towards Accreditation’.

Museum Development North is a partnership between York Museums Trust, the Manchester Museums Partnership, Cumbria Museum Consortium and North East Museums (formerly Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums). Our team of experts provide advice, give support and create opportunities for museums to connect, collaborate and grow.

This role will help us deliver our vision by:

• Being the Accreditation Advisory lead in the MD North team and the first point of expert support for museums seeking Accreditation advice
• Providing technical Accreditation advice, support and training to museums to achieve and maintain the Museum Accreditation Standard:
• Providing professional development support to Accreditation Mentors
• Managing or contributing to detailed consultancy or mentoring interventions for c. 10 museums per year.
• Work with the wider MDA team to deliver targeted support to Provisionally Accredited Museums in the North of England so that they become Fully Accredited
• Manage area wide Accreditation systems and processes including Eligibility Assessments on behalf of ACE.
• Work with the wider MDA team to embed Accreditation throughout the MD North programme and co-deliver projects focussing on Accreditation and Organisational Health

This role will be home based (or could be based at our offices in York City Centre if preferred), and there will be travel requirements across the North of England.

If you are passionate about developing cultural organisations and helping embed Standards and good practice into day to day operations, we would love to hear from you.

How to Apply

Please download the following documents:

• Job Description
• Equal Opportunities form

Please send:

• Your CV
• A covering letter of no more than two pages of A4 (size 12 font) outlining how your knowledge, skills, experience and behaviours meet the criteria in our Job Description and Person Specification
• Completed Equal Opportunities form

to [email protected]

All documents should be in a pdf format.

Dates to bear in mind...

Closing date for applications is 25 August 2025, 23:59

Interviews are planned for 12 September 2025, in York.

We are not able to accept applications submitted via Indeed.

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 31 months

Pay: £34,298.00-£40,617.00 per year

Expected hours: 22.5 per week

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in York YO30 7DR

Application deadline: 25/08/2025