Job Title: Collections Assistant (Maternity Cover)
Reporting to the Keeper or the Deputy Keeper, you will be responsible for ensuring that the Coin Study, Coin Store, and displays are secure, tidy, clean, well-organised, fully equipped, and maintained regularly. You will also develop and maintain collections management, reporting, and volunteering systems, operational procedures, and documentation standards. Additionally, you will look after the departmental off-site storage and archives. The role involves occasional lone working and heavy lifting, for which manual handling training will be provided.
This is a fixed-term (maternity cover) position from 20th October 2025 to 4th September 2026. It is part-time, based onsite, working 18.75 hours per week (0.5 FTE). The successful candidate will be required to undertake a satisfactory Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check due to working unsupervised with valuable objects.
Candidate Requirements
* Experience handling, storing, and documenting museum objects according to best practices.
* Excellent IT skills and familiarity with collections management systems.
* Ability to develop and maintain departmental systems and train colleagues in their use.
* Strong organisational skills to manage workload amidst competing priorities and the initiative to work independently.
About the Ashmolean Museum
Located at Beaumont Street, Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum houses the Heberden Coin Room, which holds approximately 300,000 coins from all periods and countries, along with medals, tokens, and paper money. It is one of the leading international coin cabinets (see: https://www.ashmolean.org/heberden-coin-room).
Employee Benefits
* Excellent contributory pension scheme
* 38 days of annual leave
* Range of childcare services
* Family leave schemes
* Cycle loan scheme
* Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
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