Museum Assistant

We are looking for someone to join our friendly and vibrant team to help provide engaging experiences for visitors at our busy museums. You will need to be keen to roll up your sleeves, have a strong dedication to delivering exceptional customer care through teamwork, flexibility and hard work in a friendly environment.

Really good local knowledge would be an advantage, as would an interest in local history. You will need to be able to work between our sites and be happy to work weekends and occasional evenings.

This can be a physically demanding but rewarding job, which can sometimes mean being on your feet talking to people all day.

Some of the duties of this role include:

• Engaging with visitors to ensure that the museum is a welcoming and enjoyable place to visit.
• Supporting all museum operations and activities to ensure visitors gain the best possible experience of their visit to the museum.
• Working within the reception, shop, café and other public areas.
• Ensuring the security of the museum, collections, staff & visitors.
• Cleaning exhibits and public areas.
• Supporting the care and presentation of the collections.

You will ideally have experience:

• Working in a public-facing role.
• Providing outstanding customer care.
• Cash handling.
• Working in a museum/heritage/retail and/or catering environment.

Please see the Job Description for more information on this position and the skills and experience that we are looking for in the ideal candidate.

Why Work With Us
Our Benefits
• Generous annual leave
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Car purchase scheme
• Lifestyle savings
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Volunteering days
• Wellbeing support

Flexible working friendly
We welcome discussions about flexible working and may be able to offer hybrid working, a generous flexi-time scheme, and agreed working hours to support work–life balance.

Inclusive employer
We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
We guarantee interviews for applicants with a disability and armed forces veterans who meet the essential criteri