Job Opportunity: Project Assistant (Collections)

Are you passionate about heritage, hands-on with collections, and ready to make a real impact? Brighton & Hove Museums is looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Project Assistant to join our expert Collections Team on a fixed-term basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with nationally and internationally significant collections across our unique portfolio of sites—including the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, The Booth Museum of Natural History, Preston Manor, Hove Museum of Creativity, and our offsite stores.

As a key member of the team, you’ll play a vital role in delivering major initiatives like our Culture Change and Dynamic Collections Review Projects, helping us shape a more inclusive, relevant, and sustainable future for our museums.

You’ll work closely with Curators to embed inclusive practices in collections management and help uncover and share the complex histories behind our diverse collections and historic buildings. Your practical experience in collections care—handling public enquiries, inventorying objects, updating databases, processing digital images, and publishing online content—will be essential.

You’ll also collaborate with our Conservation team on regular care and maintenance tasks, including gallery upkeep, condition checks, and storage improvements.

Experience with loans, transfers, and disposals is a plus, as we continue to rationalise our stored collections.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of the country to help us shape and change the museum sector to make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve.

If you would like to have an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Katie Hobbs, Head of Collections at katie.hobbs@rpmt.org.uk

Please note that this role does not meet the requirement for the UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) Points based Immigration System. Successful candidates will need to evidence that they have the right to work in the UK.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please email the following documents to recruitment@rpmt.org.uk

• A written statement detailing your relevant skills and experience against the essential criteria outlined in the Job Description Person Specification (max 2 sides of A4)
• A copy of your CV
• A completed application pack and equalities form 

Closing date: 5pm, Friday 14 November 2025