Kate Mcknight Email and Phone Number

Advising planning officers on historic environment issues and acting as consultee for planning applications related to Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas, Non-designated heritage assets and the historic environment.

-Coordinating and administering the planning, organisation, delivery and evaluation of temporary exhibitions at RAMM, liaising with other Museum and ECC staff, to ensure a high quality service.-Liaising with regional and national partners to ensure RAMM attracts and delivers high quality temporary exhibitions.-Negotiating with lenders to agree details of transport, hanging, environment, publicity and acknowledgement, costs and reproduction rights.-Work with the Technical Support Officer and Conservation Officer to agree method statements, and make agreed transport arrangements for loaned material which meet lenders’ requirements and national standards. -Undertake necessary administration (ensuring insurance and documentation is in place). -Acting as a primary contact and clearing house for all internal and external exhibition proposals, and to present these proposals to the programming team. -Participating in the appraisal and selection of exhibition proposals as part of RAMM’s programming team. -Assisting in the setting up, development, maintenance and monitoring of the multi-disciplinary exhibition teams; particularly ensuring effective implementation of project schedules.-Assisting in developing national and regional partnerships to attract high-profile exhibitions to RAMM. Acting as a principal point of contact for these partnerships and represent RAMM in these networks. -Managing delegated budgets efficiently, where possible maximising their use by securing external funding. -Contributing content to RAMM’s interactive presence project and especially the digital expression of temporary exhibitions. -Assisting in the installation of exhibitions, working with technical and conservation teams to hang, set out, arrange and prepare material for display. -Liaising with colleagues in the Audience Development Team in the planning, co-ordination and delivery of events and activities associated with the temporary exhibition programme.

-Responsibility for the Costume and Social History collections. - Collections Management- Exhibitions-Organising Loans- Education and learning sessions-Answering enquiries and research requests-Documenting the extensive collections-Funding applications

Graduate placement scheme- Organising and coordinating events- Membership recruitment- Conservation housekeeping- Volunteer co-ordination