Helen O'Hara

Helen O'Hara

Education Officer, Great War Remembered MK Project

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  • About me

    Museum Development Officer, Oxon & Bucks

  • Education

    • Clare College

      1984 - 1988
      Master of Arts (MA) Archaeology

      Activities and Societies: Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Society CU Home Brewing Society CU Brass band Brass Monkeys quintet

    • University of Leicester

      1990 - 1992
      Diploma in Museum Studies (P/G) Heritage
    • St Helen and St Katharine

      1976 - 1983
    • University of Cambridge

      2010 - 2012
      Postgraduate Certificate in Education General Primary KS2
  • Experience

    • THE LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT

      Jan 2014 - Mar 2015
      Education Officer, Great War Remembered MK Project
    • Living Archive MK

      Feb 2014 - Mar 2015
      Artswork Museums Learning MK Project Manager
    • Helen O'Hara Heritage and Arts Learning

      Jul 2014 - Dec 2018

      Freelance schools session leader for MK City Discovery Centre on Bancroft Roman villa, Stone Age technology and Anglo-Saxon writing and runes.Temporary Administrator for Living Archive MK on Heritage Open Days evaluation in Milton Keynes in 2018 Heritage and arts consultancy projects, specialising in National Lottery Heritage-funded project evaluation, display copy-writing, co-ordination of volunteers' research and learning programmes.Worked for Living Archive MK on delivery of family learning trail, displays, schools resources and sessions for Canal and River Trust at Soulbury Three Locks (2019) and for Heritage MK consortium of 5 museums and archives on HLF Evaluation and Legacy Reports (2016 - 17) - see examples.

      • Self-employed Consultant and Freelance

        Jul 2018 - Dec 2018
      • Consultant and Freelance

        Jul 2014 - Dec 2018
    • Milton Keynes Gallery

      Sept 2015 - Oct 2015
      Arts Award adviser mentor
    • STACCess:MK Project, Bletchley Park

      Oct 2016 - Mar 2017
      Project evaluation consultant
    • MOLA Headland Infrastructure

      Jun 2017 - Jun 2018
      Senior Community Archaeologist, A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme

      My role as Senior Community Archaeologist for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon road scheme in this commercial archaeology partnership involved research, delivery and evaluation of schools-based sessions, delivery of a series of popular blogs for the website, events including interpretation trailer at community festivals, open days on live excavation sites, conference displays and CIfA presentation and mentoring early career archaeologists to be STEM Ambassadors to engage local young people in archaeology as a career. Show less

    • Simply Education

      Sept 2018 - Dec 2018
      Supply teacher, primary
    • FARMLAND MUSEUM(THE)

      Jan 2019 - Nov 2020
      Museum Officer

      Museum Officer with responsibility for rural life collections, display, volunteer coordination, health & safety, interpretation, schools, family learning and events programming.

    • Museum of London

      Jan 2019 - Jul 2024
      Museum Development Officer, central and east London

      Supporting non-national museums across central and east London with emergency funding, governance development and financial resilience. Advice and policy reviews for museums applying for Arts Council England's Accreditation Standard. coordinating professional networks and skills-sharing sessions to support the museum workforce. New role in editing and distributing MD London's online Newsletter, website editing and digital Comms through Twitter @LobdonMusDev.

    • John Bunyan Museum and Library

      Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
      Joint Curator
    • Bedford Creative Arts

      Dec 2021 - Aug 2022
      Culture Challenge Manager
    • Museum Development South East

      Aug 2024 - now
      Museum Development Officer Oxon & Bucks

      One to one support and advice to non national museums across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Wider advisory, development and grant support role in team of 17 across SE region's non national museums.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CSCS Visitor card

      CITB
      Aug 2017
    • Arts Award Adviser

      Trinity College London
      Jan 2014
      View certificate certificate
    • Enhanced and barred check - online subscription is up to date

      Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
    • Safeguarding certificate

      Safeguarding Children e-Academy
      Jan 2016