Collections & House Manager

We're looking for a Collections and House Manager to join our portfolio team at Basildon Park.

You'll support the Collections & House team to deliver outstanding conservation, presentation, and compliance standards across Basildon Park, whilst also supporting across the Thames Valley Portfolio.

The Thames Valley Portfolio covers a diverse range of sites, with teams working across Basildon Park, Greys Court and Nuffield Place. We’re an energetic and dynamic team, passionate about creating an inclusive and progressive place to work, visit and volunteer.

Reporting to the General Manager, you’ll join the Senior Leadership Team, playing a part in key decision making that affects the entire portfolio.

You'll ensure our indoor visitor offer continues to grow in relevance and accessibility for existing and new audiences, championing inclusive service and interpretation.

You’ll plan and deliver high-quality collections care and management to improve opportunities for visitor engagement, leading the way for collections and interiors programming. Leading by example, you’ll provide a culture of excellent customer care, engaging our visitors with conservation and our values.

Working in partnership with your peers across the leadership team, you’ll ensure operational efficiency, championing conservation and cultural heritage. Working flexibly with other departments to achieve shared goals, you’ll help to engage our teams with change and push to improve how we care for our places and experiences for people.

We'd love to hear from people with the following:

• A proven ability to deliver the highest levels of presentation standards and conservation, customer care, compliance, and collections management in a historic setting
• An awareness of current developments and approved practices in the heritage sector around visitor engagement, innovation and access
• A passion for promoting inclusivity and diversity in the interpretation and presentation of history.
• An ability to deliver on projects and working to deadlines
• An ability to build effective and collaborative working relationships
• Successful experience of people management and delivering through others

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

•Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

•Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

•Rental deposit loan scheme

•Season ticket loan

•EV car lease scheme 

•Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts

•Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.

•Flexible working whenever possible

•Employee assistance programme

•Free parking at most Trust places

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