The Naughton Gallery at Queen's is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Gallery and Collections Assistant to support the Curator & Collections Manager in the care and management of the University’s art collection, as well as the planning and delivery of the Gallery’s dynamic exhibitions and events programme.
This role plays a key part in the day-to-day operations of the Gallery, including providing essential clerical and administrative support, assisting with exhibition installations, populating the gallery website, and ensuring a welcoming and professional environment for visitors. The postholder will also take responsibility for supervising the Naughton Gallery space, maintaining its presentation standards and supporting public engagement initiatives.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion for contemporary art and the ability to demonstrate excellent organisational and administrative skills in a vibrant gallery setting.
About the person:
We are looking for a well-organised, proactive individual with a keen interest in contemporary art and experience in a gallery, museum, or similar cultural setting.
Essential criteria include:
To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.
What we offer:
Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/
Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.
If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application - http://go.qub.ac.uk/internationalstaffsupport
Candidate Information