Welcomes
Annie-Rose Pitman has joined us as Marketing Administrator on a fixed term contract. Annie has worked on various promotional campaigns and brings a wealth of knowledge and online presence.
Mai Williams has joined as Sales & Ticketing Administrator joined us from NHS Dudley Group supporting the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme as an Administrator. Mai also has a background in travel & tourism.
Early April we have Teresa Huxtable, Sales & Ticketing Administrator, Sarah Doherty, Collections Assistant and Lisa Bates Engineering Coordinator joining us.
Teresa joins us from Dudley metropolitan Council where she was a Business Support Coordinator.
Sarah previously completed a placement with us in our Collections Team and will be joining us a Collections Assistant.
Lisa joins us from Equans UK, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospital as an Engineering Coordinator.
We will also be welcoming a number of new casual colleagues in Enterprise.
Farewells
We say goodbye to a number of colleagues in the Enterprise Team, Matt Humpage leaves us to join the Newhampton Arts Centre and Bethan Johnson leaves us to join the Police.
We also say goodbye to Gavin O’Neill, Museum Enterprises Manager. Gavin has played an integral role in developing the Enterprise operation and will be greatly missed. Gavin moves onto pastures new, with a hope to return to Ireland in the near future.
Category: People News
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People News Update 24/02/2022
Welcomes
We are pleased to welcome David Kruczek who has joined the Museum as our new Central Kitchen Manager. David brings over 10 years of hospitality experience and has a key role in supporting the Museum catering operation.
Claire Robinson has joined our Interpretation & Research Team, as an Interpretation Coordinator. Claire has relocated to the region from Scotland, where she worked as a Collections & Exhibitions Curator for the University of St Andrews.
Early next week, Laura Gibson will be joining the Collections Team as a Collections Coordinator. Laura brings a wealth of experience from the Science Museum Group where she worked with, reviewed, inventoried and researched their collection.
We are also pleased to welcome Martin Meads and Andrew Smith who will be supporting our Site Conservation, Transport & Maintenance team as Painter/Decorators. Both Martin & Andrew will be on site from early next week.
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Annual Leave – Important Information
Please find below an update in regards to the Museum’s annual leave policy and provisions.
Annual Leave Entitlement
We are pleased to confirm that the Museum will be honoring the additional bank holiday to mark the Queen’s Jubilee and this will be included in to the 2022/2023 annual leave entitlement. As a result, holiday entitlement for the 2022/2023 holiday year will increase to 34 days for full time staff and will be pro-rata for part time staff. We will reflect this against your leave entitlement on Myhrtoolkit and Planday.
Annual Leave Policy
The Annual Leave policy has been updated to include reference to Myhrtoolkit for annual leave requests for salaried staff and also provides greater clarity on potential exceptional circumstances for Carry Over of Annual Leave requests. You can view the policy here.
Annual Leave Buy & Sell Scheme
Employees are now able to submit requests to purchase additional annual leave or sell annual leave for the 2022/2023 leave year. Please note the maximum amount of annual leave an employee may buy or sell is the equivalent of one contractual week, however, the total holiday entitlement inclusive of any carry over or purchase of holiday cannot exceed 38 days for full time employees or the equivalent for part time employees. This means for the 2022/2023 leave year a full time employee who will be entitled to 34 days may only submit a request to purchase 4 days holiday.Employees who wish to make a request must familiarise themselves with the Museum’s Buying & Selling Annual Leave Scheme and complete a Buying & Selling Annual Leave Form which can be found here. Requests under the scheme will require approval from the employee’s line manager and the People & Culture Team.
If the request to buy or sell annual leave is approved, employees will be notified of the resulting change in their monthly salary. Adjustments in pay as a result of the scheme will commence from April, for a period of 12 months.
Requests must be received by the People & Culture team by no later than Friday 11 March 2022.
Requests to Carry Over Annual Leave
As a reminder, ordinarily untaken leave cannot be carried forward into the next leave year and will be lost. However, in exceptional circumstances a maximum of one contractual week may be carried over from one holiday year to the next. Please note that the total holiday entitlement inclusive of carry over (if approved) cannot exceed 38 days for full time employees or the equivalent for part time employees.Approval must be sought from an employee’s line manager and the People & Culture Team if an employee wishes to carry forward any annual leave into the next leave year. Employees should complete a Carry Over of Annual Leave Request Form which can be found here.
All requests for carry over of annual leave usually need to be submitted 4 weeks prior to the of the leave year, however, it has been agreed outside of our usual policy that all requests are submitted by no later than Friday 11 March 2022.
If you have any queries in relation to the Museum’s annual leave policy or the Buy & Sell Scheme please contact the People & Culture team ([email protected])
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People News Update 20/01/22
Welcomes
As referenced on last month’s People News Paul Raybould has joined us as our Senior Motor Mechanic, Bonnie Wilkes as Enterprise Team Manager and Janine Downes as Head of Public Programmes.
Farewells
This month we are saying farewell to Liam Parkes. Liam left the Museum earlier this month after three years, as the Museum’s Engineering Manager. Liam’s role was initially part of our Collection Care and Management team and latterly part of the Maintenance team. Liam leaves to concentrate on his personal interests and opportunities.
Grant Bird, Head of Audiences & Communications will be leaving the Museum on 11 February 2022 after four years with us. Grant started with us as a volunteer in Collections and during his time here has worked not only as Head of Audiences & Communications but also as an Audience Analyst, Communications and Marketing Manager, Curator (Domestic & Cultural Life) and Acting Director of Visitor Engagement. Grant sadly leaves us to pursue free lance and consultancy work.
We have also said goodbye to Teresa Bullows, Sales & Ticketing Administrator, and Ben Owens, Painter and Decorator, as referenced in last month’s People News, Janet Andrews, Retail & Admissions Assistant.
Other News
Many of you will know Emily Smith as Casual colleague within the Museum’s Enterprise team and as one of our TikTok characters. Emily having now completed her University studies, is starting her professional career as a Coordinator within our Audience and Communications team. Emily is a another example of the careers that are possible for colleagues who initially join the Museum to offer Casual support.
As part of the recent recruitment we have also offered several historic characters from our casual pool permanent positions.
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AIM Annual Conference
The AIM (Association of Independent Museums) annual Conference will be held at Port Sunlight Village, Wirral, on 16-17 June 2022.
This year’s conference theme of ‘Making it happen’ will see colleagues from across the UK explore the vision for independent Museums as we recover from the challenges of the pandemic.
Sessions will highlight how to implement the changes sector debates call for with practical and relevant examples from Museums of all shapes and sizes. As ever with AIM Conference, delegates can look forward to a schedule packed with inspirational and practical advice, debate and discussion.
As in previous years we are offering staff the opportunity to attend this year’s conference, with travel and accommodation provided. All you need to do is complete an application and provide us with some information as to how you think this will be of benefit to you in your role here at BCLM.
More information is available on the AIM website. https://aim-museums.co.uk/aim-national-conference-2022/
If you are interested in attending, please complete the AIM application form (available in the documents section of the intranet under forms for staff or by using: http://pmm.d88.mywebsitetransfer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AIM-application-2022.docx) and return to [email protected] by 5pm on Friday 11 February 2022. Staff will be selected based on their application and informed in early March.
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People News Update 18/11/21
Farewells
John Hughes Project Lead ( Historic Development ) will be leaving the Museum at the end of this month. This is following a review of the Forging Ahead team, resulting in a decision to decentralise the Historic element of the project to sit within both Collections and Interpretation teams. John will be missed by his colleagues and we wish him the very best for the future.
Louise Berrow Sales & Ticketing Administrator left earlier this month having secured a new role as an Administration Assistant with the NHS. Louise leaves with our sincere thanks and best wishes.
Roger Colbourne from the Maintenance team has decided to retire after almost 32 years of service and will be leaving at the end of this month. Roger will be greatly missed and we wish him a long and healthy retirement.
Welcomes
Beki Challoner joined us last week as Visitor Welcome Manager, having previously worked for The Birmingham Hippodrome.
Hannah Jameson, who previously worked for National Lottery Heritage Fund, joined us earlier this month as Development (Fundraising) Coordinator.
Amanda Eeles and Teresa Bullows join us in Sales & Ticketing. Amanda has recently returned to the area to live closer to family while Teresa joins us from The Wolverhampton Grand.Olly Hipkiss who joined us a Trainee Gardener under the Kickstart team has joined the Cleaning & Porterage Team this week as Site Cleaner.
We also welcome back Geoff Payne as a casual within the Historic Character team.
The following new casuals will join our Enterprise team this month; Joanne Arnold, Sarah Gordon and Sharna Emery.
Please join us in extending a warm welcome to our new colleagues.
Other news
Hannah Brown has been promoted to Audiences & Communications Manager. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Hannah and wish her every success in her exciting new role.
Joe Davies who joined us a Trainee Gardener under the Kickstart team will be continuing his employment with us as an Apprentice Gardener. We look forward to continuing to work with Joe and support him in completing his apprenticeship.
We have also welcomed a number of Collections Care volunteers, please say hello if you see them walking around site and in staff areas leading up to Christmas and in the new year.
From left to right:
Carrie, Beth, James, Lauren, William, Bethany, Lauren, Chloe, Rachel, Rebecca, Kelly & Marika.