Vacancies

Work Experience

We're always keen to hear from enthusiastic young people interested in getting involved with The Story Museum's work however due to the extremely high demand for work experience places we only offer placements through our strategic partnerships with selected schools. Some schools allow students to complete a week’s intensive volunteering during school holidays in lieu of work experience during specific weeks and we’re happy to support whenever possible.

Visit out volunteering page to find out more.

Head of Finance

Salary: £40,000 pro rata
Contract: Permanent, part-time 0.6 FTE

We are appointing a new part time Head of Finance to manage the Museum's financial and reporting cycle and to provide accurate and timely data and analysis in support of our dynamic, sustainable business model. As an active member of the Senior Management Team, the Head of Finance will contribute to strategic discussion and planning around the charity's ongoing impact evaluation and organisation-wide projects to deliver its mission to enrich lives through stories.

Key responsibilities include driving the creation of the annual operational budget and financial forecasting for the charity and its subsidiary trading company, providing timely management accounts and managing restricted project funds and capital budgets as required. The postholder will help continue to develop the Museum's data-led analysis to inform ongoing business planning and options appraisals, as well as maintaining the necessary systems, policies and procedures to ensure an effective and efficient finance function. This includes active management of the museum's cash flow, responsibility for payroll and VAT returns and all aspects of the charity's statutory tax and financial regulatory reporting.

The successful candidate will need to be a full or part-qualified accountant (CIPFA, CIMA, ACA or ACCA or equivalent qualification), with wide-ranging experience of financial management in a complex organisation with multiple income streams.

For further information, including how to apply, please download the information below

Closing date 10:00 Monday 17 February
1st interview (online or in Oxford) w/c 24 February
2nd inteview in Oxford w/c 3 or 12 March

No agencies - thank you

Finance Assistant

Salary: £24,500 pro rata
Contract: Permanent, part-time 0.8 FTE
(With possibility for full time work with additional duties)

We are looking for a part-time Finance Assistant to provide an efficient and effective bookkeeping function to support our cultural enterprise. This is a core role in our small and friendly office and you'll work closely alongside colleagues in all departments. Duties will include running the sales and purchase ledgers, bank reconciliation, assisting with procurement and working with the Head of Finance to keep proper accounting records.

Successful applicants must have at least two years work experience in a finance department, knowledge of financial accounting software and have a methodical and accurate approach to their work with high attention to detail.

For details of how to apply please download the documents below.

Closing date: Monday 10 February, 10.00am
Interviews (in Oxford): w/c 17 February

No agencies - thank you