Interested in working with us?
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.
Keep an eye on our social media channels for all the latest roles.
Current vacancies
Learning Assistant (casual)
We would like to recruit a casual Learning Assistant, who will be part of our friendly staff and volunteer team.
The Learning Assistant will be responsible for the daily operational delivery of the Museum’s popular family learning programme during the school holiday periods.
You will oversee the smooth running of our ‘make and take’ drop-in craft activities, ensuring the area is prepared in advance by setting up all the equipment, maintaining a high standard of customer service in the delivery of all activities, and cleaning and clearing away all the equipment and materials at the end of the session.
You will provide support to the volunteer team and act as a key point of contact to ensure a safe, engaging, and well-organised visitor experience.
If you have enthusiasm for heritage and museum learning, with a willingness and desire to work with informal learning audiences, then this could be the ideal casual part-time role for you!
We would like you to have previous experience of either working or volunteering with families or children, whether this is in an informal learning environment, or a school/learning establishment.
This is a casual role, and hours will be allocated on a rota basis; hours will be available during school holiday periods when we deliver our family activities.
An enhanced DBS certificate will be required for this role, the cost of which will be paid by the Museum.
The hourly rate for this role is:
£12.71 per hour, 21 and over
£11.95 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 suitable candidates have been 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.
