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Work Experience & Volunteering
The Ashmolean Museum is one of seven Oxford University museums and collections. We receive a large number of enquiries about work experience, work placements and voluntary opportunities within the Museum and we are unfortunately only able to accommodate just a few of these each year. If you would like to find out more about the Oxford University museums and collections and the volunteering opportunities that may be available, go to http://www.museums.ox.ac.uk/volunteers.
Current Vacancies:
Visitor Services Assistants (Part-time)
Salary Grade 1: £13,552 - £14,608 p.a. pro rata
Permanent Contract; Part Time
26.25 hours per week (71% FTE)
We now have a number of exciting opportunities to join our Front of House team.
Help us to make sure our visitors enjoy an experience that exceeds their expectations, as well as playing your part in helping to protect our priceless collections and our stunning new building.
You’ve probably been working in a busy catering, retail or customer services environment, or similar. A team player, you’ll have some knowledge of basic security procedures and health and safety requirements in a public environment.
You’ll need to have first class communication skills and enjoy using them! Nothing will be too much trouble for you. You’ll also have a confident and pro-active approach to dealing with problems and issues as well as a positive approach and a desire to gain knowledge of the Museum and the City, and promote these to our visitors.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online.
You will be required to upload a supporting statement as part of your online application.
To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and selection criteria, please follow this link
Closing date: 9th February 2012
Interviews will be held across Thursday 16th, Friday 17th & Monday 20th February 2012.
Please note in normal circumstances only interview travel expenses within the UK will be reimbursed.
Ashmolean Museum values diversity and aspires to reflect this in its workforce.
We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of
race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
The University is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Visitor Services Assistants (Nearly Full-time)
Salary Grade 1: £13,552 - £14,608 p.a. pro rata
Permanent Contract; Nearly Full Time
36.25 hours per week (99% FTE)
We now have a number of exciting opportunities to join our Front of House team.
Help us to make sure our visitors enjoy an experience that exceeds their expectations, as well as playing your part in helping to protect our priceless collections and our stunning new building.
You’ve probably been working in a busy catering, retail or customer services environment, or similar. A team player, you’ll have some knowledge of basic security procedures and health and safety requirements in a public environment.
You’ll need to have first class communication skills and enjoy using them! Nothing will be too much trouble for you. You’ll also have a confident and pro-active approach to dealing with problems and issues as well as a positive approach and a desire to gain knowledge of the Museum and the City, and promote these to our visitors.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online.
You will be required to upload a supporting statement as part of your online application.
To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and selection criteria, please follow this link
Closing date: 9th February 2012
Interviews will be held across Thursday 16th, Friday 17th & Monday 20th February 2012.
Please note in normal circumstances only interview travel expenses within the UK will be reimbursed.
Ashmolean Museum values diversity and aspires to reflect this in its workforce.
We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of
race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
The University is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Visitor Services Assistants (Variable Hours)
Salary Grade 1: £13,552 - £14,608 p.a. pro rata Variable Hours Contract
We now have a number of exciting opportunities to join our Front of House team.
Help us to make sure our visitors enjoy an experience that exceeds their expectations, as well as playing your part in helping to protect our priceless collections and our stunning new building.
You’ve probably been working in a busy catering, retail or customer services environment, or similar. A team player, you’ll have some knowledge of basic security procedures and health and safety requirements in a public environment.
You’ll need to have first class communication skills and enjoy using them! Nothing will be too much trouble for you. You’ll also have a confident and pro-active approach to dealing with problems and issues as well as a positive approach and a desire to gain knowledge of the Museum and the City, and promote this to our visitors. As a casual worker you will be willing to work daytime, evening, weekend and bank holiday shifts when required and will be available to work more than 16 hours a week.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online.
You will be required to upload a supporting statement as part of your online application.
To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and selection criteria, please follow this link
Closing date: 13th February 2012
Interviews will be held across Thursday 16th, Friday 17th & Monday 20th February 2012.
Please note in normal circumstances only interview travel expenses within the UK will be reimbursed.
Ashmolean Museum values diversity and aspires to reflect this in its workforce.
We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of
race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
The University is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Classical Art
£27,000 per annum. The position is for two years, starting 1 October 2012.
Applications are invited for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (PDRF) to study, research, and catalogue Greek and Roman marble sculptures in the collection of classical art in the Musée d’Art Classique in Mougins, France. This Fellowship is made possible by the generosity of the Museum. The PDRF will visit Mougins to study the material in person, and will be based for the research primarily in Oxford at Wolfson College.
The successful candidate will have a doctorate in Classical Archaeology or Art History, will be familiar with a range of material and visual culture in the ancient Mediterranean world within the period from the sixth century BC to the fourth century AD, and will have demonstrated research expertise in the field of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture.
Further details, including details of how to apply, are available from Dr Milena Melfi, Ioannou Centre for Classics and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU (e-mail: milena.melfi@classics.ox.ac.uk). Referees must submit their references by the closing date.
Closing date: 2nd March 2012
Ashmolean Museum values diversity and aspires to reflect this in its workforce.
We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of
race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
The University is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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