Keeper – Abbey House Museum and Kirkstall Abbey

About You

As the Keeper, you will bring to the role:

• Experience of operational management in a museum, gallery or cultural attraction.
• Ability and experience of developing and maintaining partnerships with a wide range of organisations.
• Ability and experience of maintaining direct contact with visitors and audiences through day-to-day involvement with service delivery.
• Experience in recruitment, managing and developing staff in a customer focused environment, including training and delivery in line with operational and legal requirements.
• Experience of managing budgets including commercial income targets and generating additional funding through projects and grants.
• Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with a wide range of people from staff and volunteers to funders, donors and sector professionals.

About the role

As our next Keeper you will oversee the day-to-day operations and will lead on the development, implementation and evaluation of ambitious site development plans and will play an integral part of a project called ‘Reimaging Abbey House Museum,’ funded through the Museums Renewal Fund.

Working in partnership with wider Leeds Museum and Galleries colleagues, this post will support in the development of agreed exhibitions and display programmes, oversee the development of supporting engagement and activity programmes, and maximise the commercial potential at both sites.

This is a key role within Leeds Museums and Galleries operations and enterprise team, which will work closely with wider colleagues within collections and programmes, learning and access and audience development.

Deadline – 23:59 28/02/2026