About This Role
This leadership position provides overall leadership for the operational delivery and financial performance of the museum. The role also involves overseeing collection management and ensuring a high-quality visitor experience. The Director will report to the trustees on the museum's progress against its strategy and agreed targets.
Responsibilities
- Develop the museum’s strategy, objectives, and performance indicators in collaboration with the chair and trustees
- Update the strategic plan annually, present it for approval, and report on its performance regularly to the board of trustees
- Support the implementation of the agreed strategy
- Deliver the day-to-day running of the museum in line with the agreed strategy
- Lead on the annual budgeting process and monitor and report performance against these budgets
- Work closely with the Treasurer to provide timely and accurate monthly reports to the Board
- Lead and deliver on income-generation and fundraising activities, including identifying potential grant applications, donors, and sponsorship
- Manage the daily collection, recording, security, and banking of cash
- Lead the staff and volunteers, ensuring their wellbeing and positive working relationships
- Manage any HR issues, escalating them to the Board if appropriate
- Provide annual and informal appraisals of employed staff
- Oversee and manage staff development, including training where appropriate
- Ensure staff management and employment conditions, including health and safety, are in line with latest best practice
- Ensure the safeguarding and protection of The Collection, reporting on and protecting or restoring individual items in accordance with the Loan Agreement with the Gloucestershire Regiment Museum Trust (GRMT)
- Ensure weapons and other items of armoury are secure and public access is 100% restricted
- Lead on the development and delivery of a high-quality visitor experience, including exhibitions, events, learning programmes, community engagement, and online engagement
- Ensure SOGM represents and fosters the community groups it serves, including the military community, local people, and all other stakeholders
- Ensure good working relationships with GRMT and RGHT for the maintenance and display of The Collection
- Maintain and develop excellent working relationships with external organisations to further the museum's reputation, educational role, and commercial performance
- Ensure the museum is fully compliant with all regulatory and accreditation bodies and with all areas of English law
- Ensure SOGM is in full compliance with the terms of the Loan Agreement with GRMT
- Ensure compliance with the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Trust
