Archive Project Manager
Posted 1 day 7 hours ago by De La Warr Pavilion
3 days per week
Salary: £40,000 pa pro rata
Fixed Term: 24 months (with possible 3 - 6 month extension)
In December 2025 Rother District Council and the De La Warr Pavilion were awarded The National Lottery Heritage funds to implement a Heritage Engagement Programme (Activity Plan) to run alongside its transformational building project "An Icon for Everyone". We are now looking for an exceptional team to help us deliver that programme in 2027 and 2028.
The De La Warr Pavilion is seeking an experienced professional Archive Project Manager, who can balance technical proficiency with a commitment to collaboration and participatory practice. The role will include managing the creation and development of a new Digital Archive, reviewing existing physical and digital collections, establishing and maintaining systems for sustainable collections management, designing and supervising description and digitisation activities, managing an Archive Apprentice and supporting a community archive collecting programme. It will be based between DLWP and Bexhill Museum.
Application deadline: 5pm on Friday 13 November 2026