Heritage Lead

Salary Scale – Grade 6B - £43,382.98 per annum – 35 hours per week

The College supports hybrid working practices including working from home, however, regular attendance at meetings in Glasgow city centre would also be a requirement of the role.

About Us

We are looking for a Heritage Lead to join our Membership and Engagement team.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is a worldwide community of inspiring health professionals working together to advance the profession and improve patient care. Together we’re a force for good, determined to make a positive difference, and passionate about speaking up for the profession.

Our community is made up of the expertise and experience of our 15,000+ outstanding, hardworking members, supported by over 100 College staff.

With care and compassion at our core, our work is guided by our values of inclusivity, integrity, community, innovation, and inspiring, and we are committed to living these values and behaviours through the way we work and interact with each other. The College promotes an agile, flexible workforce and while this is a full‐time post, applications from individuals seeking part‐time, job‐share, or flexible working arrangements are welcome.

The Role

Reporting to the Deputy CEO, Director of Membership and Engagement, the Heritage Lead will play a leadership role in writing and delivering the strategic priorities of the College, contributing to engagement with the College community, the city of Glasgow, and globally, and to its commercial ambitions. The Heritage Lead will lead on developing a strategic approach to College heritage by shaping and implementing heritage asset development planning (incorporating buildings, identity and collections), ensuring key messages, strengths, engagement opportunities, and commercial potential are maximised. The Heritage Lead will be responsible for leading on the development of the College’s heritage assets, valued at c£6M, ensuring national standards are met and significant funding and partnership opportunities are exploited. The Heritage Lead will lead on the development and provision of comprehensive information services and unique, quality customer experience to the College community, academic researchers, corporate partners, and members of the public. The post-holder will provide leadership to the College on all matters relating to its significant heritage assets.

About You

Knowledge, Experience, Skill	Essential / Desirable	Assessment
Experience of a leadership role in a museum or heritage venue	Essential	CV/Interview
A qualification in Library, Archive, Museum or Heritage related subject	Desirable	Certificate
Knowledge and/or experience of developing opportunities for sustainable income generation	Desirable	Interview
Proven track record of developing relationships with national heritage bodies, funders and strategic partners	Essential	Interview
Demonstrable strategic thinking and forward planning and organisational capabilities including high attention to detail	Essential	Interview
Ability to talk to, listen to, understand and influence multiple stakeholders, within the College community and externally, at a national and local level	Essential	Interview
Ability to produce innovative, evidence-based solutions	Essential	Interview
The ability to develop and deliver new initiatives with external and internal partners	Essential	Interview
Proven record of working in a multi-disciplinary organisation and the ability to lead different groups and projects	Essential	Interview
Ability to lead on all aspects of heritage collections operations including acquisition and donor relations, storage, preservation, engagement and access	Essential	Interview
Confident leadership, planning and project management skills, with the ability to work to deadlines and under pressure	Essential	Interview
Ability to initiate ideas for improvement and encourage those of others	Essential	Interview
Experience of leading a team in a fast-paced environment	Essential	Interview
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal	Essential	Interview

As well as a competitive salary we offer the following benefits:

• 40 days holiday

• Pension

• Life assurance benefit

• Enhanced sick pay, maternity, paternity and adoption pay

• Wellbeing benefit

• Cycle to work scheme

The closing date is Friday 16th June 2023 at 12 noon. It is anticipated that interviews will be held towards end of June/beginning of July.

If an informal conversation is required, prior to submitting your application, please contact recruitment@rcpsg.ac.uk to make an appointment.

Application is by covering letter, CV and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form (available from our website).

If you have any queries please contact HR@rcpsg.ac.uk or access the recruitment package at http://rcp.sg/careers.

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