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Project Manager, Transforming Tate Britain

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Reference:TG0234 

Opportunity type:Fixed-term, Full-time 

Working hours:36 hours per week 

Salary:Up to £45,000 per annum, dependant on the skills and experience of the successful candidate 

Location:London - Tate Britain, Millbank 

Closing date:12 June 2012 at 17:00 

Tate’s aim is to increase public awareness, understanding and enjoyment of British art from the 16th century to the present day. Successful in our Heritage Lottery Fund bid for Transforming Tate Britain: Building, Archives, Access, we are changing the way people engage with Britain’s cultural heritage.

You will oversee the digitisation of 52,000 treasures from Tate Archive, ranging from artists’ sketchbooks to photographs and hand written correspondence, as well as monitoring the development of the associated learning programme. As an experienced Project Manager you will ensure the process is delivered on time, to budget and to the highest quality. Your team will work to best practice in the digitisation of fragile archival material and your robust project plan will see the operation run smoothly and efficiently. You will work collaboratively, building relationships across Tate and with volunteers, trainees and external partner organisations.

Enthusiastic about working with a national collection, you will combine your proven track record of managing large-scale digitisation of a similar kind with experience of running learning and outreach projects.

This post is offered on a full-time, fixed term contract of 23 months.

Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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