Museum Technician


Company:	Hull Culture and Leisure Ltd
Salary:	£26,427 to £27,274 a year
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Hull, HU1 3RA
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	20 Oct 2026
Closing date:	4 Nov 2026

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Summary

Number of Vacancies:

Time Type:

Part time

Worker Type:

Regular

Proposed Interview Date:

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Hours of Work:

Hiring Manager:

Caroline Rhodes

Contact Number:

01482 612849

We are the largest Leisure and Culture employer in Hull and offer candidates enviable pay and conditions packages including, a generous annual leave allowance, on the job training opportunities and career development. For more information on the benefits of working for us please visit the ‘Working at Hull Culture Leisure’ page.

Job Description Summary:

Are you interested in working with fine art and museum objects? Helping to install high profile exhibitions across a large museum and gallery service.

Hull Culture Leisure Limited is seeking a part-time Museum Technician. The role will involve assisting with exhibition installations, including construction, lighting and audio visual and will have a particularly strong focus on new digital technologies, working across all Hull Museums sites as and where required.

The post holder will have a technical qualification in engineering, metalwork, joinery, or similar technical skills (or equivalent experience). General technical experience is essential, preferably in a heritage or art environment.

If you would like to know more about this position please contact: Caroline Rhodes, Collections Curator on 07769 657 019 for an informal discussion.

ROLE AND PURPOSE

To assist in the provision of technical support to Hull Museums, the Ferens Art Gallery and two historic vessels as required, including the construction, installation, transportation, maintenance and repair of display and exhibition cases, equipment, structures and collection objects, including the operation of and day to day upkeep of audiovisual, lighting and other equipment.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults.

2. Constructs, repairs, installs and maintains all display cases, screens, plinths, barriers and other items of display equipment in consultation with the Curatorial staff to assist in the conservation of such objects as appropriate.

3. Maintains permanent displays by effecting repairs, cleaning, painting and restoration work to enable exhibits to be presented to the public in the best way possible, minimising risk of damage or deterioration to the collection.

4. Undertakes the setting up, construction and dismantling of new displays and exhibitions at various Company venues, including picture framing, glazing, mount cutting, painting etc., to ensure a high standard of visual presentation.

5. Undertakes driving of vehicles as required for work purposes including vans, minibuses potentially forklifts. And transportation duties as required including packing/unpacking, loading/unloading and movement of all objects and works of art, ensuring the safe transit of all such items between various stores and venues.

6. Produces estimates for construction and repair jobs, specifying materials and cost for submission and approval of senior staff.

7. Operates and maintains the services audio visual equipment and lighting to ensure a continuous level of visual presentation for all Museum and Art Gallery customers.

8. Advises and assists employees, contractors, trainees and volunteers allocated to assist the technicians in their duties as and when required, to ensure work is undertaken to the required standard.

9. Supports the curatorial, commercial development, audience development and education teams in the development of new products, events, projects and displays as necessary. Working flexibly to cover evening events as required and weekend events by prior agreement.

10. Carry out risk assessments and regular equipment maintenance and testing to ensure effective risk management and health and safety compliance in relation to the nature of the work.

11. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on Hull Culture and Leisure, as your employer and you as an employee of the company. In addition to the Company’s overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health safety and that of other employees; additional and more specific responsibilities are identified in the Company’s Corporate HS policy.

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Compensation Grades:

GRADES 4.

Pay Ranges:

£26,427.00 - £27,274.00

Job Classifications:

3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post)

Benefits of Working of Hull Culture Leisure:

- A competitive salary

- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

- Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period

- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods

- Supportive and forward-thinking culture

- Great career development opportunities

Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

Hull Culture Leisure is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and is an equal opportunity employer.

Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.

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