The British Museum has deleted the post of deputy director following Andrew Burnett’s retirement last month.
The post commands a salary of about £140,000 a year, and has a remit to lead and manage the museum’s curatorial and resources departments. Museums Journal understands that the museum is in discussions over the possibility of reallocating the post’s responsibilities across other senior management posts.
The British Museum, in common with other English nationals, faces cuts to its government grant of 1% in 2013-14 and 2% in 2014-15.
This is on top of a 15% cut to its government grant after the 2010 comprehensive spending review.
A spokeswoman said the decision to delete the post was not part of a wider restructure and that the museum was still looking at how to accommodate the cuts over the next two years.
Burnett had been the museum’s deputy director since 2002. Before being promoted to the role, he was keeper of the department of coins and medals. He was appointed a CBE in 2012 for services to the British Museum and numismatics.
The post commands a salary of about £140,000 a year, and has a remit to lead and manage the museum’s curatorial and resources departments. Museums Journal understands that the museum is in discussions over the possibility of reallocating the post’s responsibilities across other senior management posts.
The British Museum, in common with other English nationals, faces cuts to its government grant of 1% in 2013-14 and 2% in 2014-15.
This is on top of a 15% cut to its government grant after the 2010 comprehensive spending review.
A spokeswoman said the decision to delete the post was not part of a wider restructure and that the museum was still looking at how to accommodate the cuts over the next two years.
Burnett had been the museum’s deputy director since 2002. Before being promoted to the role, he was keeper of the department of coins and medals. He was appointed a CBE in 2012 for services to the British Museum and numismatics.
