About Us
We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.
Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.
We employ 900 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.
Diversity and inclusion matter to us.
Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment.
We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.
About the role
We have an ambitious new Learning Plan focussed on creating advocates for the planet. For greatest impact, we will deliver a dynamic programme of galleries, activities, events, and resources, onsite, online, and, offsite, centred around pivotal life moments for young people with their schools, teachers, families and communities, serving a wide cross-section of young people.
As a Learning Facilitator you will be part of a diverse team who engage audiences in an exciting array of high-quality and audience-centred face to face and online natural history and science learning experiences with a broad range of Museum visitors, building better futures with nature and science.
Part of the School and Family Learning team, Learning Facilitators make learning accessible, memorable and fun, sparking curiosity, encouraging scientific enquiry, questioning and dialogue. This might be facilitating learning in dedicated hands-on learning spaces, delivering workshops onsite, online and offsite to hosting drop-in specimen handling sessions in the galleries.
Learning Facilitators are part of the face of the Museum ensuring a high standard of visitor experience for our visitors. The primary function of the role is engaging diverse audiences with the Learning Programme. There are also opportunities to work alongside colleagues to assist in the development and subsequent delivery of new and innovative programmes and events for visitors.
A passion for science, especially natural history, and excellent face to face communication skills are essential for this post. Previous experience of delivering learning opportunities for a variety of audiences is also essential.
The working pattern of this role is 5 days in 7, working one weekend every three weeks.
About you
We are looking for a facilitator with significant experience in the informal or formal learning sector. You will have broad experience of delivering high quality face to face learning opportunities for a variety of different audiences, with a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. You can demonstrate a passion for natural history and nature education and have an ability to inspire others. Additionally, you have a strong track record as an excellent team player and have extensive experience of working with the public with outstanding customer service skills.
Thriving at the Museum: the way we work
We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. This sits alongside the Museum’s values and forms the framework for the way we work.
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What we offer
* 27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)
* Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)
* Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan
* Life insurance
* Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.
* Staff discount at our Museum shops and cafes
* We offer a wide variety of training initiatives and opportunities to build skills. Investing in staff development is important to us, and we are ambitious about helping staff to grow and fulfil their potential.
* Affordable membership to the Civil Service Sports Council which offers a range of benefits including an extensive list of special offers and reduced entry fees at a selection of cinema chains, theme parks, theatres, retailers and supermarkets. It also provides entry to up to 300 English Heritage sites and other national treasures. For more details, visit https://www.cssc.co.uk
* Membership to our Sports and Social Association (for a small fee), which includes access to our in-house gym and clubs such as football, softball, table tennis and tennis and classes in Middle Eastern dance, yoga and Tai Chi
Hybrid working
Due to the nature of this role the work pattern will be 100% on site.
How to apply
If this sounds like you, please apply below by clicking on Apply for job.
Please note that as part of our commitment to anonymised shortlisting, panels do not view CVs during the recruitment process. If you choose to upload your CV, our system will automatically pull information from your CV into our application form. We advise you to double-check your application form data before submitting as the tool may interpret CVs differently.
Closing date: 23:59 on 17 August 2025
Interviews expected: w/c 1 September 2025
Please note that this role does not qualify for Museum sponsorship so the successful postholder will need to have a valid right to work in the UK at the point of offer.
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