Travelling Gallery Curator

Job Description

Place

Travelling Gallery Curator - fixed term until 14/04/2025
City Art Centre

Salary: £36,312 - £42,717
Hours: 36 per week

A leadership role to manage the Travelling Gallery, including the exhibition programme and the overall strategic direction of the organisation, securing core funding and clearly communicating future planning, aims and objectives, and financial budgets with all stakeholders. A key part of the role will be to travel with Travelling Gallery to locations across Scotland and present exhibition to a wide range of groups, including Primary and Secondary pupils, College students and local clubs.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong knowledge of contemporary art and the Scottish visual arts sector.

• The ability to explain complex issues inherent in contemporary art to a very broad audience.

• Strong and accessible writing skills needed to put together both original exhibition texts and business / fundraising reports.

• Project and budget management skills.

• Strong communication skills needed to work within a small team which is often, due to travel, not all in the one place.

• Ability to build effective relationships and communicate with partners, key stakeholders and funders.

• Ability to work independently and make key decisions relating to the overall strategic and operational direction of Travelling Gallery.

• Confident driver and navigator with a valid driving license and the ability to travel independently.

Curatorial

• Organise and facilitate the exhibition programme for Travelling Gallery which consists of three exhibitions a year.

• Work with technicians to safely install and de-install each exhibition and ensure the physical care and documentation of artwork.

• Write accessible exhibition texts to accompany the touring programme.

• Manage exhibition and loans contracts, adhering to the procedures for insurance, transportation, artist agreements, condition reports, environmental conditions.

• Work closely with exhibiting artists to develop the exhibition programme and ensure clear communication and fair work conditions throughout the exhibition process.

Development

• Effective monitoring and reporting of Travelling Gallery’s performance, finance and overall delivery to key stakeholders.

• Identify and submit grant applications and fundraising / sponsorship opportunities to support Travelling Gallery’s core costs, exhibition and learning programmes.

• Manage the development of Travelling Gallery’s policies and action plans including Equalities and Environment.

Visitor engagement and travel with the gallery

• Give confident and engaging exhibition talks to a wide range of audiences including primary and secondary pupils, college students, and adult learning groups.

• Welcome and engage visitors into the Travelling Gallery providing knowledgeable information about the exhibitions.

• Driving of the hire car safely to locations across Scotland to accompany Travelling Gallery on tour including occasional overnight stays.

• Act as a safe banksman for the Travelling Gallery Driver when arriving and leaving a venue.

Operational and tour planning

• Work with the TG team to manage Travelling Gallery’s touring itinerary and national partnerships.

• Manage Travelling Gallery’s maintenance including annual servicing and unexpected repairs.

Requirements

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.  Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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