Level: 3B
Salary: £26,500 - £30,000 per annum
Location: Chilcomb, Winchester
Hours: 37 hours per week
Type of Contract: Permanent
Can you help ensure Hampshire's collections are cared for, documented and made accessible for future generations?
As Assistant Collections Manager, you'll play an important role in the day-to-day care, documentation and accessibility of Hampshire Cultural Trust's collections. Working as part of the Collections & Interpretation team, you'll support everything from acquisitions, loans and exhibitions to research enquiries and digital access.
This is a varied, hands-on role where you'll help maintain collections records to Accreditation standards, prepare objects for display, monitor collection environments and support volunteers. You'll work closely with colleagues across the organisation to ensure our collections are well cared for, accessible and at the heart of our programmes and visitor experiences.
A bit about you
You'll have experience working with museum collections and a good understanding of collection documentation, collection care, and museum standards. Organised and detail-focused, you'll be confident managing a varied workload and balancing day-to-day collections work with longer-term projects.
You'll be comfortable working with collection management systems and maintaining accurate records, while also taking a practical, hands-on approach to object care, displays, loans and exhibitions. You enjoy solving problems, spotting improvements and finding ways to make collections more accessible and useful to colleagues, researchers and the public.
You'll be a strong communicator who enjoys working with a wide range of people. Whether supporting volunteers, responding to enquiries or collaborating with colleagues across the Trust, you'll build positive relationships and be happy sharing your knowledge and expertise.
Most importantly, you'll be committed to maintaining high collections standards while improving access and engagement.
At Hampshire Cultural Trust we have a vision to create inspirational culture experiences that enrich and transform lives. We manage and support 20+ attractions and deliver county-wide outreach programmes that bring great culture to local communities. We also deliver a diverse range of wider social impact initiatives targeted at those who are most vulnerable or disadvantaged and who would not usually have access to arts and culture.
We promote equity, inclusion and diversity and a culture that actively values difference. We recognise that people from different backgrounds and experiences can enhance the way we perform and work and we encourage and support the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our staff.
We are inclusive, valuing, and respectful of diversity, developing the ability to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Therefore, we are committed to implementing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities in our recruitment process and in employment.
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25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro-rated for part time working)
- 7.5% Employer pension contributions
- Generous occupational maternity, adoption and paternity pay
- Enhanced occupational sick pay
- Generous compassionate leave scheme
- Paid emergency leave
- Industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to same day GP appointments for employees and their immediate family
- Life assurance scheme (x3 annual salary)
- Interest-free Season ticket loans and travel loans from first day of employment
- Charity Worker Discounts Scheme (savings on retail, leisure, groceries, travel etc.)
- Access to free eye tests and vouchers towards glasses for VDU use
- Free flu vaccination vouchers
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Health Cash Plan (cashback on dental, optical, medical for monthly subscription cost)
- Opportunities to learn, develop and progress
- Free tea and coffee
- Team Card - Free access to venues for friends and family, and discounts across café and retail
To apply please fill in the application form, we would encourage a covering letter for this position around your context for applying and why you would excel in the position.
Closing date for applications: 6 September 2026
Virtual MS Teams meetings: 9 & 10 September 2026
Proposed Interview date: 21 September 2026
To find out more about us visit our website www.hampshireculture.org.uk and https://careers.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/
If you have any queries relating to the recruitment process, email
[email protected] or call our enquiries line on 01962 398412.
