Museum Development Coordinator at Museums Galleries Scotland (Delivering Change and ESSM)

Working Hours: 35 hours a week
Contract: 1 year 
Starting salary: £31,292
Location: Edinburgh/Hybrid
Closing date: 9am Tuesday 14th July 2026

About the Role

Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) is the National Development Body for Scotland’s museums and galleries. We support a sector of 452 museums and galleries, through strategic investment, workforce development, advice, and advocacy. We are a forward facing and inclusive organisation, committed to the ongoing development of a positive culture for our team.

We are seeking a Museum Development Coordinator. We are excited to offer the opportunity of this post which is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The focus will be working with museum participants on the Delivering Change Programme supporting the Activist and Leadership Programmes. This role will also support the delivery of MGS’s ESSM Actions.

It is essential you will have a good knowledge, understanding and experience of the Delivering Change Programme and the collective effort between MGS and partnering museums, galleries and community groups to restructure as organisations based on anti-oppressive principles.

As part of the Museum Development Team, you will have excellent organisation, communication and collaboration skills. You will liaise and work with colleagues from across the sector building relationships, providing advice and guidance.

You will provide administrative support for Delivering Change events and communications. You will develop learning resources to support the sector with ongoing anti-oppression work and support individuals to embed this learning.

You will have demonstrable interest in making Scotland’s museums and galleries accessible to all of Scotland’s communities and help to embed anti-oppressive practice. This will be in line with Scotland’s Museums and Galleries Strategy. The strategy provides a framework for the sector and MGS to work to ensure the future relevance and resilience of the sector. It centres around three thematic strands of Connection, Resilience and Workforce. 

Overview of Responsibilities

• Support delivery of the ActivistandLeadershipprogrammes for DC and the ESSM actions. Including first point of contact for enquiries, event coordination, attendance and budget tracking and producing newsletters

• Build and manage relationships with and between programme participants including facilitation of networking and support.

• Develop learning resources for Delivering Change legacy and ESSM to support the sector with ongoing anti-oppression work

• Support monitoring and evaluation including survey development and distribution

• Facilitate and host learning sessions for the Leadership and Activist programmes alongside other colleagues

• Support individuals to embed their learning in their museums by helping to signpost to resources, other professionals and to be a listening ear for people

• Support with 1:1s for mentors and mentees on the Leadership programme to navigate the programme and generally provide advice and guidance

• Support development of training materials

• Liaise with partners, contractors and facilitators across the Activist and Leadership programmes

• Support MGS team to develop awareness of anti-oppressive practice across work areas, especially working with Museum Development team

• Help develop a sustainable model for a network of those conducting research into the legacies of empire, colonialism, and historic slavery in Scotland who can support the museum sector around their collections and acquisitions

• Organise and support delivery of an event for people from the global majority/people of colour workers from across the museum sector

• Provide administrative support for a contract to develop case studies

The tasks and responsibilities above constitute an overview and not an exhaustive list. Workload and priorities are ultimately determined by the Delivering Change project plan and annual MGS Operational Plan. 

RELATIONSHIPS 

• Build and nuture effektive working relationships across the organisation and be part of an effective project team

• Collaborate with other staff to support and deliver MGS projects and programmes

Work fairly and with integrity and adapt style to different people, cultures and situations

Skills and Experience

Essential 

• Understanding and experience of the Delivering Changeprogramme

• Experience of embedding anti-oppression and an awareness of colonial legacies in the heritage sector

• Knowledge and understanding of anti-oppression (in particular anti-racism and anti-ableism)

• Strong organisational skills

• Experience of developing learning resources

• Collaborative approach and experience of building effective relationships and networks

• Ability to convey information clearly and effectively

• Ability to inspire and support others to make connections and enable action

• Demonstrable interest and understanding of the Scottish museums, galleries or heritage sector

• Proactive approach to sharing knowledge and experience with others.

• Confident using a range of digital platforms

Preferred 

• Experience of co-production

• Experience of facilitation and learning programmes

• Working in a project setting

• Experience of working in a museum, gallery or related organisation

MGS has a behavioural competency framework which describes how we expect people to go about their work day-to-day. Staff must demonstrate the following skills areas at an appropriate level:

• Works collaboratively
• Communicating with impact
• Respect,inclusionand integrity
• Effective decision-making
• Sector focus
• Drive for results
• Innovation,agilityand building capability

All staff are expected to champion and help deliver MGS’s commitments to anti-racism and climate.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS – Travel across Scotland will be required

How to Apply

1. Please complete an application form, by downloading it from our website. Please use our application form, CVs will not be accepted.
2. Then submit your form via our online system Breathe HR

Please have your application form ready to upload when you apply through Breathe. You can’t go back in and upload it later as it will say your email address has already been used.

The deadline to apply is 9am Tuesday 14th July 2026 

If our application form makes it difficult for you to apply and demonstrate your skills effectively, we would be happy to accept a video, audio or alternative application format. Please refer to the guidance on alternative application format to ensure your application will cover all the required information. If you would like to discuss an application in an alternative format, please contact us on the email below or call 0131 550 4197.

If you have any queries please email hr@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk, including the name of the post in the subject box.

Please note that interviews for this post are planned to take place on Monday 10th August 2026. 

Museums Galleries Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of the community and is an equal opportunities employer. We hold Living Wage and Investors in People Gold accreditation and are happy to talk flexible working.

We will guarantee an interview to people with disabilities who meet the essential criteria in our person specification. Please note, we always make best efforts to implement this however there may be occasions where it is not practicable to interview all disabled people that meet the essential criteria for the job. For example if we receive a very high number of applications meeting this criteria. In this situation we will consider a reasonable alternative approach – for example setting a maximum number of interviews and ensuring that a proportion of interviews are offered to the disabled candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

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