Our people are at the heart of National Museums Liverpool. Colleagues from across the NML team make a difference every day, creating memorable experiences for everyone and challenging expectations. We pride ourselves on being a place for everyone, but we are always aiming higher, aspiring to be representative of the communities we serve. Through our people, we are building a culture which embeds trust, respect and inclusion and an organisation in which people are engaged and empowered to enable National Museums Liverpool to evolve. You could be just the right person to join us.  

We currently have the post(s) of Development Manager (Waterfront Transformation Project) available.

The Waterfront Transformation Project is our most important transformation in over a decade. It will link storytelling, heritage, community and hospitality to create a rich visitor experience and will be a catalyst for social and environmental improvements in the area. NML has ambitious capital plans for our waterfront sites, including the redevelopment of the International Slavery Museum (ISM) and Canning Docks, through our Waterfront Transformation Project which will be guided by people and communities at every step.

Liverpool’s waterfront is historically significant site, filled with many stories and histories including its pivotal role in the transatlantic slave trade. There has never been greater public demand or a more pertinent need to understand this heritage and discuss its legacies

This project is moving forward with generous support of £9.9million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund with thanks to National Lottery players in addition to the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund. In order to achieve our goals, we have embarked on an ambitious £5m private fundraising campaign from charitable trusts and foundations, individuals and companies to transform the International Slavery Museum. The campaign will link seamlessly to the work being undertaken across the wider Waterfront Transformation Project and NML. A fundraising feasibility study has been completed and subsequently a Combined Fundraising Strategy is being implemented. This strategy will also allow NML to increase fundraising across the entire organisation whilst also delivering the capital campaign for the Waterfront Transformation Project.

The Development Manager (Waterfront Transformation Project) will play a central role in ensuring good stakeholder communications and the project management across this campaign. They will enable the Head of Development, Development Team, the wider Waterfront Transformation Project team and the Development Committee to drive fundraising forward, ensuring and implemented a coordinated approach across the implementation of capital elements of the Combined Fundraising Strategy.

This role provides an opportunity to play an instrumental role in a project of local, national and international significance, the legacies of which will have a positive impact for people and places for generations to come.

We are looking for an individual who is excited about our ambitions for the Waterfront Transformation Project and the positive changes it will create. You may be someone with extensive experience in heritage of cultural fundraising, but we are equally open to applications from other not-for-profit sectors, higher education and government, where the stakeholder relationships and project management skills required are similar. What is important is your ability to work across a range of teams and representing NML to key funders and stakeholders to deliver the fundraising aspects of a project of this scale.

You will also be someone who wants to engage with the stories that the International Slavery Museum (ISM) tells, whatever your background and heritage, with a particular emphasis on understanding the needs of communities most affected by the outcomes of the project.

We will help you to develop your ability to articulate and engage with the impacts of the stories that ISM tells, and to represent these impacts with compelling, respectful and positive funding processes and storytelling.