Estate and Operations Manager

Estate and Operations Manager

Hours: 37 hours p/w
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £31,833.24
Closing date: 9am, 5 May 2025
Interview date: 13 and 15 May 2025

As the Bowes Museum enters an exciting period of change, investment and transformation, we are seeking to recruit an Estate & Operations Manager to join our team at one of the North’s foremost museums. The role will manage all aspects of maintaining and caring for the fabric of the Grade 1 listed building and Grade 2 listed parkland as well as being responsible for the museum’s Fire Management and Security processes and strategies.

As an active member of the museum’s Extended Management team, and a great people manager leading our Facilities, Business Support and IT teams, you will help us deliver the Bowes’ exciting new vision as a future-thinking museum of artists, designers and makers.

Your teams play a critical role in ensuring our spaces are safe and in the best repair, creating an amazing experience for all our visitors, staff and volunteers.  Your operational planning, risk management skills, dynamism and experience, and your ability to work with stakeholders, contractors and agencies, will help us ensure we have a safe and welcoming place for people to visit, that we are compliant with the law, in particular Health and Safety legislation.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Diversity within our workforce, programmes and approaches is crucial to our mission of being equitable, sustainable and relevant. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who have been traditionally under-represented within the sector including but not exclusively those who identify as people of colour and/or people with disabilities.

To apply, please send an up to date CV and covering letter to hr@thebowesmuseum.org.uk Your Covering Letter should refer to the essential criteria noted in the role profile’s Person Specification. Please tell us about how your specific skills and professional experiences meet the different competencies, qualities and experiences required and give examples.