£28,163 offered as 0.8 role at £22,530 (plus 10% employer pension contribution)
Contract 2 years
We are seeking a dynamic, creative, and audience-focused Programme & Events Officer to design and deliver compelling public programmes that engage diverse communities and grow our museum’s audience. This role plays a vital part in bringing our collections, exhibitions, and mission to life through innovative, inclusive, and high-impact events and activities.
The Programme & Events Officer will lead the conception, planning, and execution of public programmes that drive attendance, deepen community relationships, and expand access to the museum. With a keen understanding of cultural trends and audience behaviours, the ideal candidate will create experiences that are both mission-aligned and audience-driven.
We are looking for someone with experience of designing and delivering successful programmes of events and activities and meeting audience targets to reach underrepresented audiences (LGBTQIA+, global majority and disabled people), grow new audiences, attract families and cultivate repeat visits. You will need experience of managing budgets and meeting income targets, and have strong teamwork, organisational and communication skills.
People’s History Museum (PHM’s) collection of over 60,000 objects showcases ideas worth fighting for, including democracy, gender equality, votes for all, co-operation, social justice, disabled people’s rights, and LGBTQIA+ rights. Our vision is of a fairer society where people’s voices and actions make a difference. We are seeking an individual with a strong commitment to equality, diversity and social justice to bring these themes to life through events and activities.
Salary: £28,163 offered as 0.8 role at £22,530 (plus 10% employer pension contribution). Consideration will be given to candidates who would wish to take the role on a 0.6 basis – please state in your application if this is your preference
Hours: Part time role (28 hours a week) with flexi-time and working from home arrangements in line with PHM policy. Some evening and weekend work will be needed to meet the needs of the programme, particularly on Thursday evenings and Saturdays which may be claimed back as toil.
Annual leave:24 days pro rata plus bank holidays
Contract: Fixed Term for two years (with opportunity for extension)
Responsible to: Head of Collections & Engagement
Location: Based at People’s History Museum with the opportunity for agile working in line with the museum’s flexible working policy.
Please outline how your experience, skills and knowledge meet the job description and provide details via our online application form. Your application will be assessed and scored against the job description using the information provided.
Deadline for applications: Thursday 11 June at 11pm
Interviews: Thursday 26 June in person at the museum
If you have any questions or would like to arrange to discuss the role please contact Jackie Royle, Finance & Operations Officer at hr@phm.org.uk
PHM prides itself on being a welcoming and inclusive organisation, profoundly committed to advancing equality and diversity in the broadest sense. We highly value the benefits that diverse perspectives bring to PHM’s mission.
We recognise the museum sector currently underrepresents global majority, disabled, LGBTQIA+ people, different socio-economic backgrounds and those with intersecting identities in our workforce; PHM is actively working to address this and encourages applications from these backgrounds. While the successful candidate will be selected purely on merit, in the event of a tie between two candidates with equal experience, we may select a candidate who helps us better represent the communities the museum serves.
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