Reporting into the Museum Director, you will manage the day to day operation of the Museum of East Dorset. The museum has recently benefited from a full renovation thanks to National Lottery Funding, it is set in a lovely historic building with stunning gardens resulting in a delightful place to work.

• Manage the day to day operations of the museum, opening and closing, troubleshooting, cashing up, banking and resolving till discrepancies.
• Facilities management- reporting maintenance issues, and managing any on site contractors.
• Ensuring Health and Safety, Food Hygiene, and Fire Safety compliance throughout the museum, including training delivery to the volunteer team.
• Working with outsourced retail and merchandising resource to deliver sales and profits from the shop and tea room in line with agreed annual budget.
• Working with the finance manager to ensure stock and capital is managed efficiently to provide the best returns.
• Promotion & Marketing of the trading areas in conjunction with the external agencies as required.
• Developing & managing staff and volunteer capability, so as to ensure consistency of performance and improved team working.
• Co-ordinating with the wider Museum team and volunteers to optimise events and drive footfall and income to all areas of the museum.
• Create and deliver trading events in co-ordination with wider museum team to promote sales and income. e.g. Summer Fete, Christmas Event