Assistant Curator, M+ Museum

M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, we are building one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world, with a bold ambition to establish ourselves as one of the world’s leading cultural institutions. Our aim is to create a new kind of museum that reflects our unique time and place, a museum that builds on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.

(This is a fixed-term contract position of 2-year with possibility for renewal subject to organisational needs and individual performance.)

You Will Be Responsible For

• creating and developing the content of inter-disciplinary learning programmes and experiences for audiences from different interests and backgrounds with a focus on visual art, design, architecture and moving image;
• delivering and managing the operation and logistics of a wide range of public programmes such as workshops, in-gallery activities, talks and conversations, courses and performances;
• working closely with educators, artists, and creatives from different disciplines to create programmes that reflect the goals and values of the institution and managing the relationships;
• conducting research in fields such as learning and teaching pedagogy, visual culture learning, educators’ development, in-gallery learning experience, and outreach strategies with an aim to offer a range of learning activities that allow for an expanded participation for museum audience;
• assisting in developing museum’s long-term planning for public programmes, with an aim to expand participation and engagement for different visitors; and
• assisting the Learning and Interpretation team in all events and activities with administrative support.
  
  

You Should

• possess a recognised university degree, preferably in Museum Education, Museum Studies, Cultural Studies, Fine Arts, Design, Architecture, Moving Images, Creative Media, Cultural Management, Humanity or equivalent;
• have at least 4 years of work experience in developing, planning and implementing learning programmes for the general public; preferably in an arts and cultural organisation; candidates with less experience but relevant background will be considered;
• have administrative experience preferably in project management in any arts and cultural organisations;
• possess strong project coordination, research and interpersonal skills;
• be self-motivated, proactive and able to work independently and cooperatively with others in a fast-paced environment;
• be open-minded, highly-organised and detail-oriented; and
• have excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Chinese.
  
  

For interested parties, please submit your application with detailed CV on or before following date. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. The review of applications will continue until post is filled.

03-06-2024

Data collected will only be used for job application processing. Your data may be accessed by our appointed recruitment consultants who have agreed to keep confidence of all personal data in not less than the standards applicable to us. Applicants not being invited for interview within 4 weeks from the submission date may assume their applications unsuccessful.

All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards.

For more information, please visit https://www.westkowloon.hk or contact:

Crystal Yu /+852 22000114