December 2018 Opportunities
JOBS
British Museum
Project Curator: Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (until 30 November 2021)
The British Museum is looking for someone to curate their Endangered Material Knowledge programme’s digital content, managing: its repository, training and assisting grantees, overseeing quality control of data and documentation, digital public engagement.
Deadline: 17 Dec 2018, 12 noon.
Read more / apply here.
Interpretation Manager
The British Museum seeks to appoint someone to manage their Interpretation Officers on a day-to-day basis, support the evolving approach to Interpretation, and work with project teams, curators, designers and contractors to ensure that the content and interpretation used in the Museum’s exhibitions and galleries best meet their audiences’ needs.
Deadline: 21 Dec 2018, 12 noon.
Read more / apply here.
Visual Arts South West
Visual Arts South West is seeking a new Network Manager, on a 3 days per week for 2 years fixed term contract (with potential for extension subject to funding). They're looking someone who's:
- highly motivated and experienced professional with excellent knowledge, passion and perspective of contemporary visual arts across the South West region
- got experience of strategy and business planning, project management and delivery, stakeholder engagement and fundraising in order to refresh, represent and realise a vision of VASW, along with its varied programmes and initiatives
- a confident and effective communicator with strong negotiation skills, experienced at developing and managing relationships at all levels, and have a successful track record in high quality delivery.
Deadline: Sun 6 Jan 2019, 5pm.
Interviews: Mon 15 Jan 2019
Read more / apply here, or for further information and access enquiries, contact Nella Aarne, Interim Network Administrator: nella@vasw.org.uk
CONFERENCE PROPOSALS
UK-based scholars! The British Academy are inviting proposals for conferences in 2020. If you're a post-doctoral scholar looking for support to present leading-edge research and stimulate discussion on humanities / social sciences, take a look at their annual call out for conference proposals as part of the British Academy's events programme:
"We are looking for proposals that will be pivotal events, of lasting significance in their field. Successful conferences will bring together leading and emerging scholars from around the world to present and discuss new research in the humanities and social sciences. Held at the British Academy and universities across the UK, these events will offer students, scholars and specialists a chance to expand their networks and learn about the latest developments in their subject areas."
Deadline: 31 Jan 2019, 5pm.
Read more / apply here.