We are looking for a full time supervisor to work in our Costa Coffee outlet in the historic dockyard. The job involves supervising staff and running shifts to the Costa Coffee brand standards, serving customers, making coffees, re stocking displays and clearing tables.

The working hours are between 9am-6pm and you must be available 5 days out of 7 including weekends. We are especially looking for someone who can cover a Sunday. You must have excellent customer service skills and be a team player with a positive attitude. We are looking for someone with previous experience of working at Costa Coffee and is ideally trained to be a Barista Maestro.

If you are interested in this role then please contact James or Scott on 02392 731552 or email jforrest@baxterstorey.com.

We are looking for catering staff to help in Boathouse 7 restaurant during the summer period. There are a variety of full and part time positions available as the restaurant is open seven days a week from 10am - 5pm. The successful candidates must be well presented, reliable, hardworking and demonstrate excellent customer service skills. Previous catering experience would be helpful.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary – £6.15 - £8.21 per hour

If you are interested in this role then please contact James or Scott on 02392 731552 or email jforrest@baxterstorey.com.

The International Boatbuilding Training College Portsmouth

Boatbuilding Instructor

Salary £32,000 + benefits

We are looking for a shipwright instructor to join our expanding College team, training students of all ages to the highest standards of craftsmanship in traditional boatbuilding. You will be based in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, a centre of shipbuilding and boatbuilding for over 800 years, and will be involved in the restoration of important historic vessels as well as in the construction of new and replica vessels. A breadth of traditional boatbuilding knowledge and experience combined with a passion to pass on your skills to inspire others through effective communication, are the qualities we seek. Previous teaching experience is not essential. This is an on-going and potentially long-term contract. Applicants must be available from April 2020.

For further details about the role and how to apply, please visit the Job Vacancies page for Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust: https://www.pnbpropertytrust.org/job-vacancies/10/

You can visit www.ibtcportsmouth.co.uk for more details about the College itself.

Application closing date is 20 January 2020.

Senior Public Programming Manager

Salary:  £35,500 per annum

Hours: 37.5 per week (full-time)

Location: Ability to work flexibly this can be a combination of working from home and 1-2 days per week at our Portsmouth site

Our world has changed and we are responding by looking for new ways to engage and excite our audiences through innovative public programming. Now is the time to take a risk and do things differently and we are looking for a Senior Public Programming Manager to lead our recently formed Public Programming Team and spearhead this new approach.

We are looking for a creative individual to create a step change in our public programming offer; someone who can inspire, engage, stimulate, amuse, move and motivate people to learn more about the incredible stories, objects and ships in our care through interpretation and programming. This is an exciting opportunity to shape a team and help NMRN develop its national voice and reach.

Our ideal candidate will have a great understanding of working with museum collections and how to interpret these creatively whilst also being commercially aware. This understanding might have been developed through working on learning programmes, exhibitions, events, live programming or digital programming. We are looking for someone with a broad skillset who is willing to undertake further development to increase their knowledge in all areas of the role.

Key Opportunities

• Leading our Public Programming Team in expanding our reach and profile. You will be responsible for developing all aspects public programmes including scale and spectacle events and schools programming. The programmes you develop will meet the needs of a diverse audience and generate income and as such you will work closely with our Head of Commercial Services.

• Managing our Public Programming Managers, Public Events Manager, Access and Inclusion Coordinator, with an overall team of 18 people. You will lead cross-organisational project teams to deliver innovative interpretation bringing our stories and collections alive. You will be comfortable in working collaboratively: you work will work closely with our General Managers to shape our public programmes across all of our sites in Portsmouth, Gosport, Yeovilton and Hartlepool and in the digital realm. The role will require some presence on sites and travel between them.

• Lead the sector in new ways of working through integrated public programmes. You will develop skills and knowledge across the various programming disciplines and be challenged to innovate and experiment.

Knowledge/Experience

• You will be up to date in your thinking in public programming in museums, with a sound understanding of financial planning and commercial awareness.

• You understand the diverse needs of audiences, the barriers to engagement and how access principles can be embedded to deliver a holistic audience experience in both the digital and physical realms.

• You will have experience of implementing creative object led interpretation methods, be conversant in exhibition development and museum engagement, including in the digital realm.

• You know how to motivate and inspire teams and bring experience of effectively managing performance.

• You have significant experience of working within museums, preferably with experience of exhibition / interpretation development, and working with museum collections.

We provide:

• The opportunity to be part of a friendly and diverse workplace within a unique heritage environment
• Group pension plan with Royal London (6% employer contributions, 2% employee contributions and death in service benefit)
• Free onsite parking
• 23 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing to 25 days after 5 years’ service (potential for this to increase as work is currently being undertaken to review annual leave allowance)
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free admission to other museums and attractions within the reciprocal agreement
• Discounts at our shops and cafes
• Discounted tickets for family and friends

For further details, or an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Trudie Cole on: 02392 510354 ext. 2112 or by email to: trudie.cole@nmrn.org.uk

Applicants are asked to submit a CV and a statement indicating how their knowledge and experience match those specified. Applications should be forwarded to the HR Team at recruitment@NMRN.org.uk and are required by 5.00pm Monday 22 March 2021 

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic and our responsibility to ensure appropriate safety measures are in place, we will be conducting the interviews virtually using Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 31 March 2021.  

Night Quartermaster - HMS Warrior

Salary: £9.00 +13.5% holiday pay per hour (£10.22 per hour)

Hours: 6.00pm – 7.00 am (13-hour shift) on a casual basis

Location: HMS Warrior, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is recruiting for Casual Night Quartermasters on board HMS Warrior 1860. HMS Warrior was the pride of Queen Victoria’s navy. The world’s first iron-hulled, armoured ship, and the largest warship in the world when built. She is an extraordinary survivor, now moored at the entrance to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the first and largest museum object seen by visitors to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

We are looking for individuals who enjoy their own company and are happy to work alone for long periods, are trustworthy, reliable and can work under their own initiative. This is an important role looking after HMS Warrior and taking the security and safety of the ship seriously. You will also liaise with our Shipkeepers in the morning. For most of the shift you will be working alone, there are lone working procedures in place as your safety is important to us.

Key Opportunities

• Looking after the security and safety of HMS Warrior 1860, its contents and jetty area during business closed hours including safety patrols.

• Assist with the set up and clean down of events onboard, as and when required.

• Work in a unique historical environment and be based onboard HMS Warrior with opportunities to be part of the wider team who help to conserve HMS Warrior.

Knowledge/Experience

• You will have moderate knowledge of Health and Safety and Security requirements and a willingness to learn more.

• You will have experience of working with a degree of autonomy.

• Experience of communicating and engaging with a wide and varied audience.

We provide:

• The opportunity to be part of a friendly and diverse workplace within a unique heritage environment
• Free onsite parking
• Discounts at our shops and cafes
• Discounted tickets for family and friends

For further details, or an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Molly Wilson by email to: molly.wilson@nmrn.org.uk

Applicants are asked to submit a CV and a statement indicating how their knowledge and experience match those specified. Applications should be forwarded to the HR Team at recruitment@NMRN.org.uk and are required by 12.00pm Monday 22 March 2021

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic and our responsibility to ensure appropriate safety measures are in place, we will be conducting the interviews virtually using Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 30 March 2021.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL NAVY (NMRN)

Assistant Project Manager, HMS Victory Conservation Programme

Salary (Grade 6): £30,350 - £36,650 per annum (dependent upon experience)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (full-time)

Location: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

HMS Victory is the sole surviving ship of the line from the age of sail and served as Admiral Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, she is a unique artefact of international importance. HMS Victory is both a museum ship and the Flagship of the First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy. The world’s oldest warship in commission, she is undergoing an extensive conservation programme that will take around 10-12 years, and this is being managed and delivered by the Historic Ships team within the National Museum of the Royal Navy. A role within the team has arisen for an Assistant Project Manager to work with the HMS Victory Conservation Programme Project Manager and Project Director on the delivery of the programme.  

Key Opportunities

• You will play a key role in ensuring HMS Victory is conserved for this and future generations. This is an exciting opportunity to play a role in delivering a major programme of conservation works to HMS Victory: capital works are estimated at £35 million over the next twelve years. Working with the Project Manager, you will run the Project Management Office, and support shaping, developing and delivering the programme of conservation works to performance, cost and time specification as well as leading some of the delivery workstreams and manage sub-contracts for the programme.

• You will have had some previous experience in a project management environment, and this will be an opportunity to broaden and develop your experience to progress your career and bring those experiences and skills into developing and delivering the programme.

Knowledge/Experience

• A background in heritage management and/or maritime history and heritage would be advantageous, and the role will suit someone keen to develop and extend their skills and knowledge in a lean multi-disciplinary project team environment.

• You will be innovative, highly self-motivated, and keen to seek out and take on new roles and challenges as the project develops. You will also have a good attention to detail and sound administration skills to support maintaining project plans, records and schedules, including budgeting and forecasting.

• You will have a recognised Project Management Qualification.

• Knowledge of procurement processes and working with subcontractors.

• Experience of CDM regulations and requirements.

• You will have excellent IT and communication skills and be able to plan and coordinate tasks.

• This post requires a standard DBS check as a requirement of working on the naval base.

We provide:

• The opportunity to be part of a friendly and diverse workplace within a unique heritage environment
• Group pension plan with Royal London (6% employer contributions, 2% employee contributions and death in service benefit)
• Free onsite parking
• 23 days annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 25 days after 5 years’ service (annual leave is currently under review with the potential for this to increase)
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free admission to other museums and attractions within the reciprocal agreement
• Discounts at our shops and cafes
• Discounted tickets for family and friends

For further details, or an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Stephen Green, Project Manager – HMS Victory on 02392 891370, extension: 2010, or email Stephen.Green@NMRN.org.uk

Applicants are asked to submit a CV and a supporting statement, please make sure you cover the following within your supporting statement:

1. Provide at least one example of a project you have recently been involved with, what were you responsible for and what were you particularly proud of?
2. Explain how you believe you meet the requirements of the role profile.
3. Provide a summary of how would you propose to run the Project Management Office for HMS Victory’s Conservation Programme?

CV’s submitted without a supporting statement will not be shortlisted.

Applications should be forwarded to the HR Team at recruitment@NMRN.org.uk and are required by 6.00pm Sunday 14 March 2021.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic and our responsibility to ensure appropriate safety measures are in place, we will be conducting the interviews (a presentation will also be required) virtually using video facilities such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams either on Friday 19 March or Monday 22 March 2021. We would like to assure you that appropriate safety measures are in place and these are reviewed on a regular basis as the safety of our staff is of utmost importance to us.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application process as a result of a disability, please contact the HR team on recruitment@nmrn.org.uk for support.

Donor and Member Engagement Fundraiser

Salary (Grade 6): £30,350 per annum

Hours: 37.5 per week (full-time)

Location: Ability to work flexibly this can be a combination of working from home and/or at one of our sites (we are more interested in the right person than where you are based)

Do you have a passion for raising money? Are you interested in exploring our place in the world through our past? Excellent, then we’re the place where you want to work next. Our world has changed, and we are responding by looking for new ways to engage and excite donors, members and supporters.

We’re looking for an ambitious person who wants to develop their career and help us create a step change in our individual giving campaigns. You will want to inspire, engage, stimulate, amuse, move and motivate people to donate so that we can carry on telling the epic story of the Royal Navy through our planes, ships, submarines, people, collections, exhibitions, galleries and new museums.

Key Opportunities

• Aligning our donor acquisition campaigns to the re-opening of NMRN’s museum sites as well as our ambitious major appeals and public programming campaigns.

• Revitalise our gifts-in-will programme.

• Develop and build the NMRN Membership programme in the UK and USA.

• Have the freedom pilot innovative fundraising initiatives – risk taking, and learning are equally as important as positively impacting income.

Knowledge/Experience

• You will have Knowledge of driving supporter engagement activity including stewardship and relationship management to inform and influence income growth.

• You will be skilled in importing, exporting and integrating data and information between CRM systems, donation platforms, social media channels and email marketing systems to create 360 supporter profiles.

• You have a strong record of generating income from individuals whilst working within the charity or heritage sector. You will have experience of driving supporter engagement, including legacy stewardship and member relationship management, to inform and influence income growth.

• You have experience of engaging audiences by producing compelling copy and multimedia content for online, email and social media and other channels.

We provide:

• The opportunity to be part of a friendly and diverse workplace within a unique heritage environment.
• Group pension plan with Royal London (6% employer contributions, 2% employee contributions and death in service benefit).
• Free onsite parking.
• 23 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing to 25 days after 5 years’ service (this is currently under review with the potential for annual leave to increase).
• Flexible working.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Mental wellbeing platform being launched soon.
• Free admission to other museums and attractions within the reciprocal agreement.
• Discounts at our shops and cafes.
• Discounted tickets for family and friends.

For further details, or an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Helen McKenna-Aspell by email helen.mckennaaspell@nmrn.org.uk

Applicants are asked to submit a CV and a supporting statement, please make sure you cover the following within your supporting statement:

• Provide a one-page A4 supporting statement that outlines why you think this is the right role for you.

CV’s submitted without a supporting statement will not be shortlisted.

Applications should be forwarded to the HR Team at recruitment@NMRN.org.uk and are required by 6.00pm Sunday 28 March 2021.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic and our responsibility to ensure appropriate safety measures are in place, we will be conducting the interviews virtually using Microsoft Teams w/c 5 April 2021. We would like to assure you that appropriate safety measures are in place and these are reviewed on a regular basis as the safety of our staff is of utmost importance to us.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application process as a result of a disability, please contact the HR team on recruitment@nmrn.org.uk for support.