Overview
At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose to improve people’s lives.
Fixed Term Contract – Maternity Cover (June 2026 July 2027).
This is a rare opportunity to play a pivotal role in a high-profile heritage-led cultural infrastructure programme within a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The role sits within the Fashion Museum Bath capital programme, supporting one of its most significant and interdependent delivery strands: the Milsom Quarter Public Realm (MQPR) project. The MQPR works hand-in-hand with the relocation and development of the new Fashion Museum, forming a single integrated transformation programme for this part of Bath.
The Fashion Museum Bath Programme includes delivering an ambitious capital project to open a new Fashion Museum in 2030, transforming access to the Collection through new exhibitions, displays, learning spaces and an improved visitor experience.
The MQPR is a flagship regeneration initiative that reshapes public spaces (including delivering a major new square at the museum’s entrance) and is essential to the museum’s successful opening, visitor access and long-term operation. MQPR and FMB are being delivered together as a single, coordinated cultural and placemaking programme, ensuring public realm, access, movement and cultural infrastructure develop in harmony.
In This Role You Will
- Lead all phases of MQPR design progression and delivery
- Ensure seamless coordination with the Fashion Museum capital programme
- Oversee movement and access infrastructure critical to the museum’s operation
- Work across multidisciplinary teams in Heritage, Highways, Transport, Planning, Capital Delivery and Regeneration
- Act as a senior representative for the Fashion Museum programme in all public realm-related forums
- Linemanage the FMB/MQPR Project Officer
- Manage complex stakeholder landscapes, risk interdependencies and major commissioning activity
About You
The Milsom Quarter proposals reshape the city centre to create streets and spaces for people. You will deliver the following elements:
You will be a confident, collaborative and highly skilled project manager with substantial experience in:
- Leading complex public realm or movement strategy projects
- Managing major capital programmes and TRO/HVM processes
- Working within heritage, conservation or museum-related environments
- Navigating complex stakeholder landscapes in sensitive locations
- Managing consultants, commissions and multimillion-pound budgets
- Representing high-profile programmes at panels, consultations and public events
You will bring strategic judgement, excellent communication skills, and the ability to provide clear leadership within a fast-paced and evolving cultural programme. Hybrid and flexible working are available, with Bath as your main base.
How to Apply / Contact
Interested to find out more? For more information about this role, please refer to Role Specific Criteria and Role Profile document. If you are interested in this post and require more details or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Helen Griffiths by emailing to ask questions or to arrange a time for a call.
Please note that this advert may close earlier than the stated closing date due to high demand. We advise all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. Interview date: TBC – either Wednesday 29 or Thursday 30 April (in Bath or online).
Additional Information
- No Agencies Please
- Please note, BANES Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register (redeployee). This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role they will be considered ahead of external applicants.
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