Museum Technician

Location: Hull and East Yorkshire

## Museum Technician Apply:
HU1:
Part time:
Posted Today:
End Date: 4 November 2026 (19 days left to apply):
JR0001228
** Number of Vacancies:
** 1
* * Time Type:
** Part time
** Worker Type:
** Regular
* * Proposed Interview Date:
** Wednesday, November 11, 2026
** Hours of Work:
** 22
* * Hiring Manager:
** Caroline Rhodes
** Contact Number:
** We are the largest Leisure and Culture employer in Hull and offer candidates enviable pay and conditions packages including, a generous annual leave allowance, on the job training opportunities and career development. For more information on the benefits of working for us please visit the ‘Working at Hull Culture & Leisure’ page.
** Job Description

Summary:

** Are you interested in working with fine art and museum objects? Helping to install high profile exhibitions across a large museum and gallery service.
Hull Culture & Leisure Limited is seeking a part-time Museum Technician. The role will involve assisting with exhibition installations, including construction, lighting and audio visual and will have a particularly strong focus on new digital technologies, working across all Hull Museums sites as and where required.
The post holder will have a technical qualification in engineering, metalwork, joinery, or similar technical skills (or equivalent experience). General technical experience is essential, preferably in a heritage or art environment.
If you would like to know more about this position please contact:
Caroline Rhodes, Collections Curator on  for an informal discussion.
ROLE AND PURPOSE    To provide technical support across the Hull Museums and Art Gallery service. To install exhibitions, including construction, lighting and audio visual. Maintenance of permanent and temporary displays. Handling of museum objects and fine art.
** PRINCIPAL

ACCOUNTABILITIES :
** 1. Construct, repair, install and maintain display cases, screens, plinths, barriers and other items of display equipment in consultation with the curatorial staff and the senior technician.
2. Maintain permanent displays to enable museums/gallery exhibits to be presented to the public to a high standard, and to minimise risk of damage or deterioration to the collections.
3. Setting up, constructing and dismantling new displays and exhibitions across the heritage service, including picture framing, glazing, mount cutting, painting etc. to ensure a high standard of visual presentation    
4. Driving and transportation duties, including packing/unpacking, loading/unloading and movement of museum objects and fine art, both long-distance outside the city, and between heritage service sites/other venues in Hull.
5. Provide to managers costs for technical work/materials/equipment from contractors or companies, for technical work across the heritage service.
6. Assist with operation and care of audio visual equipment, to ensure they are working at all times. This may also include assisting with events, exhibition openings, or external bookings out of hours.
7. Support the heritage service in the development and implementation of projects as required.
8. Handling and moving museum objects and fine art under the supervision of the curator in charge    
9. Assist the rest of the technical team in supporting the curatorial team in delivering a rolling programme of exhibitions across the heritage service, and carry this out to a high standard and to set deadlines.
10. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation places responsibilities for health and safety on the Company, as your employer and you as an employee of the Company. In addition to the Company’s overall duties, the post holder has personal responsibility for their own health & safety and that of other employees; additional and more…