Collections Project Coordinator - The Royal Household

Household / Department

Reservicing

Location

Buckingham Palace

Contract/recruitment type

Fixed Term Contract

Start date

August 2024

End date

August 2026

Salary band

Circa £30,000

Hours of work

37.5

About the role

It’s project-managing the movement of a diverse collection to the highest standards. And It's feeling proud of the part you play, helping to protect a magnificent collection during essential construction works.

The Collections Project Coordinator will support the delivery of decant and reinstallation projects involving Royal Collection objects across the Palace to enable the Reservicing Programme. The Collections Project Coordinator may also lead on planning and coordination for individual project areas.

The post-holder will work closely with all members of the Reservicing Operations Team, and Royal Collection Trust colleagues, supporting them with operational planning and other duties as required.

Key Responsibilities:

You will ensure the safe packing, handling, transport, and documentation of works of art at every stage of the process and deliver these projects in line with the overall programme of works.
Prepare and maintain object lists, load lists, programmes and other documentation to support the decant and reinstallation projects.
Support the work of the wider programme of moves of people, operations and objects as required.
Support the Senior Collections Project Coordinator and Collections Project Manager with preparing documentation for tenders.

About you

Essential Criteria:

Degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience.
Collections management or registrar experience working with permanent collections, exhibitions, or object movement projects.
Extensive experience of either collections care, inventory and documentation work.
Project management skills and the ability to demonstrate delivery of projects on time and to budget.
Strong planning, problem-solving and organisational skills, with the ability to respond to a varied and reactive workload.
Self-motivator and a team player, strong communication skills and able to work collaboratively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

Experience working in historic buildings would also be advantageous.

Benefits

We know that to deliver our best work; we need to feel at our best. That’s why at the Royal Household we offer a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and life priorities.

Enjoy 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days (plus bank holidays) dependent on the length of time you have worked for us.

Our excellent non-contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 15% and you can contribute more if you wish) is highly valued by our employees, as is complimentary lunch on-site to keep you fuelled throughout the day.

We also offer a range of leave options to support your life priorities, such as parental pay and leave and volunteering days, as well as benefits to support your physical and mental wellbeing.

Other perks include 20% off at our Royal Collection Trust Shops and complimentary admission tickets across all our locations, along with many more exclusive employee discounts.

Find out more about the full range of benefits available to our employees here.