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We’re a small, friendly, dedicated and hard-working team supported by a large group of volunteers, without whom we simply couldn’t function.
You can find our current job vacancies and volunteering opportunities below.
Visit our volunteering page to find out more about voluntary roles, we welcome volunteering enquiries from everyone.
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Current vacancies
Café Supervisor
Permanent, Part-time hours: 32.50 per week
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9.30am-4.30pm
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Café Supervisor to support the daily operation of our Waterside Café.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys delivering excellent customer service, supervising a team, and food preparation and presentation.
You will supervise, coordinate and motivate the Café team, taking the lead on staff training, ensuring Food Hygiene and Health and Safety standards are always maintained.
The Café Supervisor will order sufficient stock and provisions in advance, ensuring wastage is kept to a minimum.
You will have previous experience of working in a busy Café or hospitality supervisory role, with strong communication skills. You will be customer-focused with a positive, hands-on attitude.
Ideally you will be barista trained, with coffee knowledge, and hold a Level 2 and/or Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification, but training can be provided.
The hourly rate for this role is:
£13.38 per hour
If you are interested in applying, please email your completed application form, to lindafrost@nmmc.co.uk or Linda Frost, Head of Human Resources, National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Discovery Quay, Falmouth, TR11 3QY.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; we encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity. We will close the advert once a suitable candidate is identified.
Casual Visitor Experience Assistant
We wish to recruit additional casual Visitor Experience Assistants to join our existing team.
We have a variety of shifts available covering our seven-day operation; the majority of which will be to support our Waterside Café where you would be serving visitors with food and drinks.
Waterside Café:
In the Café, you will be focusing on providing a high standard of food and drinks service, which includes the preparing of Barista style hot drinks. You will process the sales of food and drinks through the till, keep the Café clean, well-stocked, and tidy by clearing tables and assist with dishwashing duties.
Front of House tickets and Gift Shop:
As part of the Visitor Experience team, you will offer visitors a warm welcome by providing them with information about the Museum, process their admission tickets and sell our retail merchandise. You will need to accurately record details supplied by our visitors for Gift Aid purposes.
Successful candidates will have previous experience of working in a busy customer facing role, which ideally will include a busy catering or food and drinks environment. You will have excellent communication skills to be able to interact confidently with our visitors, are friendly, reliable, hardworking, flexible and enjoy working in a busy environment.
The hourly rate for this role is:
£12.21 per hour, 21 and over
£10.40 per hour, under 21
If you are interested in applying, please email your completed application form, to lindafrost@nmmc.co.uk or Linda Frost, Head of Human Resources, National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Discovery Quay, Falmouth, TR11 3QY.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; we encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity. We will close the advert once a suitable candidate is identified.
Visitor Experience Volunteer
Voluntary position weekdays and/or weekends (unpaid)
Visitor Experience volunteers provide a warm and friendly welcome for our visitors whilst they explore the Museum. You’ll engage with visitors, providing supplementary, additional in-depth information about our exhibitions and activities, as well as providing helpful directions to our galleries, assisting visitors to discover the abundance of artifacts and hidden treasures within. You’ll provide a welcoming presence in our galleries interacting with visitors of all ages, helping to create an unforgettable day out for our visitors.
Find out more about all of our volunteering opportunities here.
