Opportunities

Curator (Exhibitions) – Parental Leave Cover

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Studio Voltaire team as Curator (Exhibitions) – Parental Leave Cover, collaborating with the organisation’s programme team and Director and taking a key role in supporting the delivery of its artistic programmes.

We invite applications from people with proven experience leading highly ambitious artist commissions to the highest standards, working across a broad range of mediums, subjects and contexts. We seek someone with demonstrable experience managing complex new productions, budget controls and fundraising, sensitively collaborating with artists on project development, and delivering a wide range of exhibition outcomes for intergenerational audiences.

The successful applicant will be a supportive, dynamic and critically-minded individual with proven experience in supporting artists, engaging audiences and delivering public programming within exhibition and commissioning contexts. They will be able to demonstrate a keen interest in the broader contemporary art and heritage sectors. We are keen to ensure the candidate reflects some of the key groups we work with, particularly people with Global Majority heritage and LGBTQIA+ people.

The Curator (Exhibitions) – Parental Leave Cover will lead the delivery of three major new commissions across Studio Voltaire's 2026 exhibition programme, devise related public programmes, and support planning for the delivery of our 2027 exhibition programme.

• Duration: 9 months, fixed-term with potential to extend
• Hours: 40 hours per week, five days per week. Monday–Friday, 10 am–6 pm
• Salary: £34,000–36,000 per annum

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 15 September 2025

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