Senior Curator: Public Practice

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Overview

The Design Museum’s vision is a world in which design enables people and the planet to thrive. The Learning Department plays a critical role in delivering this ambition by creating compelling public programmes that build skills, grow audiences, and deepen the museum’s relevance across education, culture, and industry.

The Senior Curator: Public Practice will be a strategic thinker and connector, positioning the museum as a leading platform for engaging audiences with design’s environmental, social, and economic impact. As an ambassador for the museum, they will develop high-impact programmes, cultivate new partnerships across communities, education, and the creative industries, and strengthen existing relationships.

Job scope

This role will oversee the museum's talks and events programme, and lead community projects that engage a wide range of audiences, including adults, volunteers, young people, students in higher education, and people with disabilities and access requirements.

Terms and Conditions

Salary: up to £38,760 per annum, dependent on experience

Holidays: 25 days per annum + Christmas eve (museum closed)

Hours: 35 hours per week/full time

Location: the Design Museum Kensington is the place of work - with a hybrid arrangement of 60% of an employee’s role to be performed at the museum and 40% remote.

Special demands of the role: the role will work at times suited to needs of audiences, including evenings and weekends as required.

Closing date: Sunday 15 February (midnight)

Interviews: Tuesday 24 February and Thursday 26 February

Queries

If you encounter any issues while completing your application, please email peopleteam@designmuseum.org before the vacancy closing date. We will be in touch as soon as possible; (please note the inbox is monitored Monday-Friday).

Senior Curator: Public Practice

Kensington, Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London, United Kingdom

W8

up to £38,760 per year

Permanent - Full-time

Posted 4 days ago

Closing date: 16/02/2026

Documents

Senior Curator Public Practice_ Job Description.pdf

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Employees are entitled to 25 days holiday, rising to 26 days after two years’ service and 27 days after five years’ service, and Christmas Eve (museum closed), pro-rata for part-time employees.

• flexible working
• hybrid working and core hours (10.00am – 4.00pm), where feasible for the role
• access to a defined contribution pension scheme
• enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• employee assistance programme
• season ticket loan
• tenancy deposit loan
• cycle to work scheme
• free entry for friends and family to the museum, a variety of staff discounts including the museum shop, cafes
• free entry to a wide number of galleries and museums in London

The museum pro-actively seeks to collaborate with institutional partners, individuals, and networks to realise its commitment to build a culturally diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from underrepresented groups and consider candidates who are suitably qualified and eligible regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Senior Curator: Public Practice

Kensington, Kensington & Chelsea, Greater London, United Kingdom

up to £38,760 per year