Foundling Museum, Families Arts Manager
The Foundling Museum tells the compelling story of Thomas Coram’s Hospital for foundlings, the UK’s first ever children’s charity, now named Coram, and its first public art gallery, now the Foundling Museum.
Inspired by three great 18th-century activists - Thomas Coram, William Hogarth and George Frideric Handel - our mission is to inspire change and transform lives through the power of the arts. We believe in creative action that brings past and present together, to stimulate imaginations and enrich lives.
This is an exciting time to join the Museum, which has recently secured Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation funding for 2023-26, and is delivering on ambitious plans to secure its long-term future.
You will be experienced in developing and delivering learning programmes for families, in partnership with a museum or other arts organisation. Creative, highly-organized and self-motivated, you will deliver innovative and impactful projects across a range of sites (including at the Museum, across London Boroughs and in Stoke-On-Trent) and demonstrate their excellence through evaluation. You will keep all records relating to your projects, ensuring that the Museum’s policies and processes are adhered to and that your programmes are delivered to time and budget. You will bring your own ideas but will also be willing to collaborate with others, working with colleagues across the museum. You will manage and support the work of artists and volunteers. You will manage the evaluation and reporting of all Families programmes, allowing us to demonstrate excellence to current and future funders, including the Arts Council.
While Families programming will be your main focus, you will be willing to work flexibly across the Museum’s Learning programmes, supporting the work of the Curator: Artist’s Projects & Participation. Where relevant, you will also contribute to discussions around future programme and strategy. In all you do, you will champion inclusion and accessibility and will be an ambassador for the Museum.