Treasure Registration Coordinator
Full-time

Hybrid (at least 3 days per week on-site in Bloomsbury, London)
Permanent
£31,979 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Monday, 20 April 2026

About the role

The British Museum is looking for a Treasure Registration Coordinator to play a key role in administering cases reported under the Treasure Act 1996 and supporting the work of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS).

This is a unique opportunity to support the care, movement, valuation, and documentation of Treasure finds—working closely with finders, museums, curators, archaeologists, and the Treasure Valuation Committee (TVC). You’ll join a collaborative team dedicated to safeguarding heritage and ensuring the smooth, timely processing of Treasure cases from discovery to final valuation. This is an exciting time to join the Treasure Registration team where you will assist in adopting a new Treasure Tracking system.

We are looking for someone who is highly organised, detail-oriented, and excited by the idea of working with nationally significant archaeological finds. If this is you, we invite you to read on and apply.

Key areas of responsibility

• Facilitating the deposit, collection, viewing, and internal movement of Treasure items at the British Museum.
• Administering reward payments, processing invoices, and maintaining accurate financial records in the Museum’s systems.
• Supporting the Treasure Valuation Committee: preparing cases, commissioning valuations, organising meetings, and communicating recommendations to interested parties.
• Line‑managing Treasure Registrars and helping to train team members.
• Maintaining documentation to the highest standards and ensuring cases are processed efficiently and in line with the Treasure Act Code of Practice.
• Liaising with Finds Liaison Officers, curators, coroners, valuation specialists, and museum partners.
• Contributing to wider PAS and departmental activities, including events, data gathering, social media output, and recruitment support.

About you

• Knowledge of the types of artefacts that are typically reported as Treasure.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong administrative and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
• Experience handling museum objects or working with collections.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in record‑keeping.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
• Ideally, you will have some experience working with basic financial documents such as purchase orders and invoices.

Benefits

• Free exhibition entry for you and guests, exclusive private views, ICOM and reciprocal museum access.
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and 2.5 privilege days (and +5 days after 10 years).
• Discounts at onsite catering, Museum shops and local Bloomsbury partners.
• Social and wellbeing perks including Staff parties, social clubs, CSSC sports and leisure, and support from the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship.
• Peer support and allyship with five diversity networks for community.
• Learning and development through courses, mentoring and Athena as well as support for professional qualifications.
• Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7 for counselling, wellbeing support and more.
• Eyecare vouchers for VDU tests and contributions toward glasses.
• Enhanced parental leave including maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
• Support for carers through Employers for Carers.
• Civil Service Pension Scheme with a secure, inflation‑linked defined benefit.
• Interest‑free loans including season ticket, rental deposit and bicycle loans.

Our Values

Our values drive everything we do, from how we handle our objects to how we work in our team to fostering a culture where everyone feels heard and empowered:

• Care Deeply
• Embrace the Unknown
• Spark Curiosity
• Value Many Voices

These are a core part of how we recruit. Throughout the application, interview and selection process, we look for examples of how candidates demonstrate these behaviours in their own work and experiences. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with our values and reflect them in your application.

Additional details

At the British Museum, we are committed to a fair and inclusive recruitment process where every applicant has the opportunity to present their genuine strengths and experience in their own voice.

While we recognise that AI tools can be helpful when preparing applications, we expect all submissions to accurately reflect everyone’s skills and background, and we may withdraw applications that appear to be generated entirely by AI.

During interviews, we want to hear directly from candidates and therefore do not permit the use of AI to generate or support answers, though assistive technologies used as reasonable adjustments are fully welcomed.

If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details to .

*Unfortunately, for this role we are unable to offer Sponsorship to applicants*

The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants