Getting started
With such a variety of roles available within the Heritage and Culture sector, having an understanding of the sorts of roles available is a good starting point for your career planning. Prospects has a useful list of sector-specific job profiles that outline key responsibilities, skills requirements, starting salaries, entry requirements, career prospects with links to major employers and graduate vacancies.
Job roles
The list of job roles below provides you with a starting point, you can then look at other related jobs:
Keeping up to date
Below you will find some key resources to help you explore the heritage and culture field further, and to keep up to date with what is happening in the various areas of this sector.
- Ancient Monument Society
- Archives and Records Association
- Barbican
- Creative Access
- CILIP (The Library and Information Association)
- English Heritage
- Historic Royal Palaces
- The Institute of Conservation (ICON)
- International Centre for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
- International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- Imperial War Museums (IWM)
- Museums Association
- National Museum Directors' Council (nmdc)
- National Trust
- National Trust Scotland
- Natural History Museum
- Royal Collection Trust
- Save Britain’s Heritage
- The Science Museum Group
- The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)
- Twentieth Century Society
- V & A Museum
- Visit Britain
- Wellcome Trust
