Senior Service Manager - Museums & Heritage

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Please note this vacancy is only available to Birmingham City Council employees.

Senior Service Manager - Museums & Heritage 
Permanent 
Grade 6 - £54,495- £64,811 
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review 
Working 36.5 hours per week 

Do you want to play a key role in shaping the future of one of the UK’s most significant urban heritage and museum portfolios?  

Birmingham City Council is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Service Manager – Museums & Heritage to lead the commissioning, development and delivery of the Council’s museums and heritage portfolio at a critical and exciting time.

This is a senior, high-profile role with responsibility for managing the Council’s relationship with Birmingham Museums Trust and leading the development and delivery of the Council’s Heritage Strategy. You will act as the Council’s lead officer on museums and heritage, shaping policy, securing investment, and ensuring excellent governance, value for money and public benefit.

We’re looking for a passionate individual who brings... 

• Experience in heritage, museums, archaeology, cultural policy or a related field.
• Strong experience managing contracts or commissioned cultural services.
• Proven success in securing heritage or capital funding.
• Experience developing heritage or cultural strategies and policies.
• Knowledge of heritage planning and conservation frameworks.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage complex projects, finances and risk in a public-sector environment.

What you’ll be doing...

• Lead the Council’s relationship with Birmingham Museums Trust, including contract management, performance and value for money.
• Oversee the reopening of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, coordinating across council services and partners.
• Lead the development and delivery of the Council’s Heritage Strategy, aligned to planning and policy frameworks.
• Secure major external investment through heritage funding bids.
• Oversee delivery and governance of funded heritage programmes and capital projects.
• Act as the Council’s senior professional lead on museums, heritage and conservation.
• Build strong partnerships locally, regionally and nationally. 

This role offers the opportunity for you to help shape the future of one of the UK’s most important city heritage portfolios.  

What we offer in return…

• Membership of West Midlands Pension Fund – with generous employer contributions
• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 30 days, increasing with length of service
• My Rewards Scheme – access to over 800 brands providing discounts and savings
• Health and wellbeing support – independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

For any informal enquires please contact: Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk 

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached 

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.

Job Description and Person Specification

 

 

We are a disability confident employer and we encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. We also welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed. Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) may need to apply for a visa from the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and may require a Certificate of Sponsorship from Birmingham City Council for a skilled worker visa (if the job is eligible).