Project Placement Temple Newsam Textiles

Job title:

Project Placement - Textiles

Salary: £12.71 p/hr

Hours:

222hrs (30 days placement)

Contract:

Casual

Location:

Temple Newsam

As Project Placement Temple Newsam textiles, you will work alongside the Curator of Dress and Textiles to support the development of a new display and research space at Temple Newsam. The role will contribute to the digitisation, conservation, and documentation of a nationally significant textile collection.

This placement provides valuable practical experience working with historic textiles while supporting the improvement of collection records within the museum database.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

• Starting out in heritage, culture or the arts
• Looking for a change of career and exploring options in the arts and cultural sector
• From a diverse range of backgrounds underrepresented in the arts and cultural sector

What matters most is your passion for the project.

This is one of five Project Placements at Leeds Museums and Galleries in 2026. It is one of two placements funded by The Pilgrim Trust to give people paid experience of working in a heritage/cultural setting, training and support.

Project Placements are a maximum of 30 days to be completed before the end of July 2027. We are open to it being fewer days to help people access the opportunity. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We are a family friendly organisation and support our employees to work flexibly to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Working days and times are flexible and are agreed between the individual and the supervisor.

To find out more, we have a video describing each of the Project Placements and giving tip tops for applications.

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

• Contribute to public engagement through community engagement, learning and exhibition programmes.
• Provide a high standard of customer service by being welcoming and engaging when assisting with community engagement, supporting activities, dealing with public enquiries, collating customer feedback or working with volunteers.

• Work alongside other staff to ensure accessibility and inclusivity within our spaces.

• Contribute to the collections management and maintain attention to detail in documentation, digitisation, and online access, collections handling and packing.
• Exhibitions and displays which may include physical and administrative support for displays and exhibitions, to write exhibition text under guidance from others.
• Research:
  Under instruction and guidance source and provide interesting and accurate information on collections or individual items.

• Work under the guidance of the placement supervisor.
• Liaise with other staff in a courteous manner.

• Show a commitment to training relating to H&S, safeguarding, information governance and the site.
• Be curious. Be open to new experiences, working creatively and being reflective. Be passionate about the collection, and innovative in its uses with audiences.
• Be eager to develop new skills through participation in…