Imperial Health Charity

Arts
Administrator

Job Pack

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E: info@imperialcharity.org.uk
www.imperialcharity.org.uk

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Imperial Health Charity is a registered charity, no. 1166084

CHARING CROSS • HAMMERSMITH • QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S & CHELSEA • ST MARY’S • WESTERN EYE

The role

Key information

About the role

Hours:
Full time (35 hours per week)

Thank you for taking an interest in applying for this role at
Imperial Health Charity.

Imperial Health Charity’s arts team brings art and creative
practice into the Imperial College NHS Trust’s five hospitals,
enhancing the healthcare environment for patients, staff and
visitors.

The team manages a robust engagement programme
comprising creative workshops, artist residencies and
community events. It is also responsible for an Arts Council-
accredited collection of over 3,000 objects focusing on modern
and contemporary British artists. We work with both emerging
and established artists on several commissions and temporary
exhibitions each year.

We’re looking for a thoughtful, creative and enthusiastic Arts
Administrator to join our team. As the Arts Administrator you will
be an important part of the team, working across the curatorial
and engagement programmes to provide essential support in all
aspects of our work.

You will assist in the day-to-day running of the Staff Arts Club,
providing support in areas of communications and event
management, as well as manage our general enquiries inbox
ensuring emails related to project proposals, events and artwork
donations are answered promptly.

You will work closely with the Curator and Assistant Curator to
help deliver the visual arts programme, contributing to database
management, cataloguing and carrying out essential collections
care tasks. You will also provide targeted support for key projects
including the ongoing inventory of the collection and, where
required, support art installations across our sites.

Safeguarding
At Imperial Health Charity we are committed to the
safeguarding and protection of children and adults at risk in
our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only
those who are suitable to work with these vulnerable groups are
recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting
checks, including a criminal records disclosure.

Duration:
Permanent

Salary:
Band 7, Level 1 - £30,339

*The starting salary for
this role is £30,339, with
the potential to progress
based on annually reviewed
performance.

Notice period:
Six weeks

Probation period:
Six months

Place of work:
Charity Office, 5 Merchant
Square, London, W2 1AY*

Reports to:
Assistant Curator

*We have adopted a hybrid
working approach, which
includes a mix of office and
home working on different
days of the week. It is our
intention to create a working
environment that enables
greater flexibility for everyone
and at the same time
maximises opportunities for
collaboration. As part of this
approach, the required time
working in the office for this
role will be no less than two
days, which provides some
flexibility to work from home.

IMPERIAL HEALTH CHARITY - ARTS ADMINISTRATORMain duties

1. Provide essential administrative support for the Arts team to ensure the smooth running

of its programmes:

In this role you will:

•  Be primarily responsible for responding to emails in the Arts team mailbox; redirecting,

signposting, and updating colleagues as necessary/required. Ensure that enquiries related to
donation offers, project proposals, staff events and attendance, receive prompt responses.

•  Co-ordinate the Staff Arts Club (our free provision of arts activities for hospital staff) through

the preparation and delivery of regular newsletters, contributing to the booking and running
of events, managing guest lists and maintaining relationship with our partner galleries.

•  Oversee the running of the Royal Albert Hall ticket ballot, both ensuring that events are

uploaded and electronic tickets are distributed to participants, within a sensible timeframe.

•  Support with projects related to the ongoing evaluation of the arts programmes; this

includes attending workshops to carry out surveys, gathering and transcribing feedback from
exhibitions and events, and collaborating with the Impact & Evaluation Manager to share
information/results as appropriate.

•  Contribute to the team’s communication strategy, both in print and digital media; this
includes preparing and sharing stories on social media platforms, working with the
Communications team to generate news articles, and also updating curatorial and
engagements projects and exhibitions on the website.

•  Support the running of the quarterly Arts Advisory Group meeting; this includes looking after

attendance lists, booking meeting rooms and minute-taking.

•  Where required, support the team in the preparation and delivery of events and workshops,
including creative workshops for patients and staff. Also assisting with the transport of event
and workshop materials between sites.

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2. Assist the Curator and Assistant Curator in the day-to-day running of the curatorial

programme.

In this role you will:

•  Assist in processing information on MuseumPlus, our collection management system,

ensuring object, location and acquisition information is uploaded promptly and accurately
and, where necessary, communicating with artists and galleries to locate missing information.

•  Contribute to core collections care policies: carry out regular environmental monitoring as

well as scheduled condition checks of valuable and vulnerable artworks.

•  Maintain communications with external contractors including framers, technicians and

couriers to ensure timely delivery of programme activities.

•  Provide support for the temporary exhibition programme, including preparation of loan

agreements, object lists, condition reports and interpretive materials.

•  Support the acquisition of new artworks through artist research in accordance with the

Collection Development Policy.

•  Research, preparation, proofreading and delivery of a variety of written texts including labels

and panel texts, ensuring all material is formatted in line with charity branding.

•  Where necessary, attend hospital sites to support installation of new artworks and exhibitions,

or to move artworks to and from storage.

•  Support the preparation and delivery of art tours to small groups of staff, volunteers or

colleagues.

3. General duties

•  Maintain accurate records for stakeholders, including communication history, adhering to our

data protection obligations and records management principles.

•  Take an active part in department and whole charity team meetings, contributing agenda

items and undertaking assigned actions as required.

•  Take an active part in and collaborate with colleagues across the charity, bringing your own

experience and perspective so that we harness the value of our shared contributions.

•  Participate in regular supervision, objective-setting/monitoring and actively engage in your

own job-related development throughout the year.

•  Champion the charity’s Code of Behaviour and act as a role model, ensuring our key policies
and procedures are adhered to at all times so as to protect the people we work with and our
reputation.

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A job description does not constitute a ‘term and condition of employment’. It’s provided only
as a guide to assist the employee in the performance of their job. The charity is a fast-moving
organisation and therefore changes in duties may be necessary from time to time. The job
description is not intended to be an inflexible or finite list of tasks and may be varied from time
to time after consultation/discussion with the post holder.

Personal development
Your line manager will agree annual objectives and a personal development plan, which will
include training as an essential element of the role.

IMPERIAL HEALTH CHARITY - ARTS ADMINISTRATORThe person

1. Qualifications and education

You will have:

•  Evidence of recent continuous professional development.

•  A high standard of literacy – to speak, present and write with clarity and precision.

You may have:

•  A BA, MA or other relevant qualification in participatory arts, arts management, art history,

curatorial practice or fine art.

2. Previous experience

You will have:

•  Previous experience; paid or voluntary, in a museum, gallery, or other arts institution.

•  An understanding of how public-facing arts events are planned and delivered, possibly

through contributing to exhibitions and displays, art fairs, or live performances including
music and theatre.

You may also have:

•  Experience of charities and/or health-related organisations.

•  Experience of working with a collection: handling, cataloguing and caring for objects or

artworks.

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3. Skills, knowledge and ability

You will have:

•  A commitment to collaborative team work and inclusive working, ensuring equality and

valuing diversity.

•  The ability to give and receive feedback objectively and sensitively, with a willingness to

challenge constructively.

•  A track record of consistent accuracy and an eye for details.

•  The ability to manage a varied workload in a busy environment.

•  Evidence of working effectively, and maintaining good relationships, with external

organisations.

•  The capacity to work both collaboratively and independently.

•  A strong working knowledge of commonly used software packages including the Microsoft

Office suite: Word, Teams, Outlook etc.

•  Experience working with databases of some variety, possibly Excel, a CMS system or museum/

archive database.

You may also have:

•  An understanding of how the NHS operates, and contemporary issues around healthcare

access.

•  An interest in wider national conversations about the benefits of art and creative practice for

our health.

4. Personal qualities

You will have:

•  High standards of personal conduct, honesty and integrity to engage and inspire the trust

and confidence of multiple stakeholders.

•  A customer-focused approach, seeking to make systems, processes and information

accessible and user-friendly.

•  A clear-thinking, proactive and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to manage

competing demands, make effective decisions, be flexible and think creatively to come up
with solutions to problems.

•  The ability to establish good working relationships.

•  The ability to work under own initiative and operate a flexible approach.

•  A collaborative and inclusive approach, being prepared to work as part of a wider team in

contributing specific expertise.

•  A commitment to perception of issues of equality and cultural diversity.

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5. Other requirements

You will have:

•  A commitment to the values and principles upon which the NHS operates.

•  The ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the role.

•  The ability to travel between hospital sites in West London.

•  No envisaged barriers to obtaining DBS disclosure.

6. Use of Artificial Intelligence

Please keep in mind when writing your answers to our application questions:

•  We are looking for you to demonstrate your knowledge, skills and prior (practical) experience

in relation to the role requirements. We are also looking for you to demonstrate an
understanding of Imperial Health Charity’s work and how you anticipate contributing to this
within your role.

•  Applications perceived to be significantly supported by the Use of Artificial Intelligence

(AI) such as ChatGPT to generate, cut and/or paste answers into your application without
subsequent personalisation by the applicant are likely to be scored down during the
shortlisting process.

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How to apply

Visit our website
to find out more
about our current
job opportunities.

Further details about this role, including our online application
form, can be found at:

www.imperialcharity.org.uk/about-us/join-the-team

The deadline for applications is 11:30pm on Sunday 28th
September 2025. Interviews will be held across Wednesday
8th and Thursday 9th of October 2025.

Please note:

All job offers with Imperial Health Charity are subject to
satisfactory pre-employment checks and references. The DBS
check level required for this role is standard.

Please ensure that one of the referees you provide is your
most recent employer. Professional contact details should be
provided for referees where possible (i.e. company/org emails
and or HR departments).

Imperial Health Charity reserves the right to close job adverts
early if sufficient applications are received prior to the
advertised closing date.