Prospective Staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public, and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.
Purpose Of The Role
We have an incredible opportunity for an inspirational, innovative and creative heritage expert to lead one of the country’s biggest and best police museums. West Midlands Police are extremely proud of our fantastic museum, based in the old Lock-Up in the centre of Birmingham. We now use this facility to connect with people locally, nationally and internationally, using our policing heritage to educate and engage people and building trust and confidence in West Midlands Police.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced person to become our WMP museum and heritage lead. They will be responsible for the overall performance of the WMP museum, driving growth and income generation and they will also have overall responsibility for the leadership, supervision and co-ordination of all museum staff and volunteers and activity. A key focus of the role will be leading on expanding how we use the museum to improve public perceptions and understanding of policing. So we need a heritage expert with flare, energy and passion to lead our museum in 21st century ways.
Main Role Responsibilities
• Overall responsibility for the leadership, supervision and co-ordination of all museum staff and volunteers and activity.
• To use the policing heritage of the West Midlands to build trust and confidence in West Midlands Police and improve the public perception and understanding of policing.
• Being responsible for the preservation of the museum assets and building, to lead on generating sufficient funding to cover the costs of the museum and to develop new and innovative ways to use the Museum to support achieving force priorities.
• Accountable for the overall performance of the WMP Museum, for creating a sustainable business model and identifying new income streams and achieving additional revenue from existing assets.
• Driving the growth of the museum, income generation, ensuring high service standards and visitor numbers.
• To achieve positive outcomes through creative, collaborative and innovative communications and engagement activities at WMP Museum.
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Hours and Location
Full time, Monday to Friday and based at WMP Museum, Steel House Lane, B4 6BJ
Vetting
Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting and Security Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.
Medical
Successful applicants will be subject to a medical assessment which may include a drug or hearing test.
Allowances
N/A
Interviews
W/C 24th August
West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.
It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.
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