As Exhibitions Co-ordinator you will help bring Cambridge University Library’s exhibition and public programmes to life. Our exhibitions enable communities to interpret the collections we hold, engage audiences with the research happening in the wider university, and provide a gateway for people to access the collections we hold. We are recruiting an Exhibitions Co-ordinator to help deliver our programme over the next two years.

Working with the Head of Exhibitions and Public Programmes, you will be responsible for the practical delivery and installation of the major exhibitions in the Milstein Exhibition Centre and accompanying interpretation which hangs down the library’s main corridor. We programme one major exhibition a year. You’ll get the chance to work on shows related to the friendship between two giants of the poetry, and a major exhibition on Black British history.

We are looking for someone with experience of delivering exhibitions in a museum, gallery or library. You will need great organisational, time-management, and people skills. You’ll have the ability to negotiate with multiple stakeholders across the library, university and beyond.

We really like books, manuscripts and ideas, and ideally you will too.

This is a 2-year funded post in the first instance for 18.25 hours per week (FTE 0.5) to 29.2 hours per week (FTE 0.8).

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

We particularly welcome applications from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our institution.

Click the ‘Apply’ button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Chris Burgess (Head of Exhibitions and Public Programmes) [email protected].

The closing date for applications is Sunday 2 February 2025.

Interviews will be held week commencing 17 February 2025.

Please quote reference VE44534 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.