Collections Assistant

Role: Collections Assistant
Location: The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8PP
Salary: £26,522.50 per annum
Closing Date: 5pm, Friday 22 May 2026

As Collections Assistant, you will play a central role in the day-to-day management of the collection. You’ll take the lead on maintaining and improving our collections records, supporting a significant database migration, and ensuring our documentation is accurate, accessible and useful for colleagues, researchers and the public. Alongside this, you will coordinate loans, support object movement and contribute to strengthening how we manage and care for works across the Museum.

We are looking for someone organised, curious and dependable, with experience of collections management systems, documentation and object handling. You will be confident managing competing priorities, have strong attention to detail and be comfortable working both independently and as part of a team. An interest in how collections can be activated through research, interpretation and public engagement is important, as is a commitment to good practice, collaboration and continuous learning.