Project Engagement Officer – Bentley Priory Museum
Job Title: Project Engagement Officer
Hours: 2 days a week
Terms: 12 month fixed term contract
Location: Bentley Priory Museum, Stanmore HA7 3FB
Our ‘Flying Stress: Mental Health and Well-being with Fighter Command during the Second World War’ project is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players we will create new resources to support visitors and make connections with contemporary mental health through a series of well-being workshops, walks and music and morale concerts and recitals.
Main purpose of the role
To support the successful delivery of the Museum’s heritage project ‘Flying Stress: Mental Health and Wellbeing within Fighter Command during the Second World War’, through engaging new and existing audiences with the Museum’s temporary exhibition and programme of well‑being workshops and walks.
The project’s well‑being programme will be accessible to all museum visitors, with a focus on developing the Museum’s audience across 3 groups – families, people with dementia and serving and veteran RAF personnel.
The successful candidate will ensure that the project is accessible, inclusive and engaging.
They will work well independently and as part of the Museum’s staff and volunteers team, be confident working with a wide range of Museum visitors with different learning and support needs and interests and coordinate freelance creative and well‑being practitioners.
This is a fixed term post for 12 months, from May 2026 to April 2027.
To apply for the position, please send your CV with 2 referees and a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) outlining your suitability for the position. Please refer to Job Description and Selection Criteria when writing your covering letter.
Applications must be posted or emailed to the Museum’s Director, Eleanor Pulfer‑Sharma: director@bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk
Bentley Priory Museum
Mansion House Drive
Stanmore
HA7 3FB
Closing Date for Applications: 5pm on Friday 10 April 2026
Interviews will be held on: Thursday 23 April 2026
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