Creative Producer: Community and Youth

Natural History Museum; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious educational institution in Greater London seeks a Creative Producer: Community and Youth. This role involves creating inclusive programming for audiences aged 0-25, fostering relationships with local communities, and advocating for under-represented groups. The ideal candidate will have experience in event production and strong facilitation skills. This position adheres to equity and diversity principles, contributing to the Museum’s mission of inspiring advocates for the planet.

Qualifications

• Experience producing inclusive learning experiences for audiences aged 0-25.
• Experience in event management and operational processes.
• Ability to work with diverse and under-represented audiences.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver inclusive programming for community and youth audiences.
• Build relationships with local community organizations.
• Advocate for community needs within the Museum.
• Work collaboratively on events that reflect Museum priorities.

Skills

Facilitation skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Understanding of diverse learning

Job description

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Closing date: 23:59 on Tuesday 23 December 2025

Interviews expected: w/c Monday 19 January 2026

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.

This position at the Natural History Museum is also conditional subject to receipt of an Enhanced Disclosure Check with workforce barred lists from the Disclosures and Barring Service (DBS).

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.

This is an exciting time to join the Museum as we have secured investment from the UK Government to build a new science and digitisation centre at Thames Valley Science Park, University of Reading. The purpose‑built centre will house much of the Museum’s collection and will includelaboratories, digitisation suites, collaborative research spaces, conservation labs and workspaces.

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.

Job Summary

The Learning team creates opportunities for and supports young people aged 0‑25 to understand, connect, care for and advocate for the planet.

To create advocates for the planet, we want to engage and involve the widest possible audiences. The Creative Producers for Communities and Youth play a key role in working with those who are currently under‑represented and under‑served by the Museum including structurally excluded audiences and young people.

Working with the Community and Youth Engagement Manager, Creative Producers for Communities and Youth create events, activities, and sessions supporting local audiences aged 0‑25, and the community leaders who represent them, to foster long‑lasting relationships with nature, science, and the Museum. Focussing our work in the Museum’s three closest boroughs, the role includes developing and delivering a programme responding to audience needs, building relationships with local organisations and advocacy work.

The team also delivers our youth engagement programme of events and activities for 16‑25‑year‑olds that builds connection to nature and confidence and skills in advocacy, giving young people a stronger voice in the most pressing issues of our time and influencing the Museum’s offer for this audience.

While the Creative Producers in the Learning team specialise in either school and families, or community and youth audiences, they work fluidly and flexibly across teams to meet the needs of our audiences.

The Community and Youth team work regular weekend and evenings to support the operational delivery of our work (no more than 1 weekend day in 3 weeks).

Main Responsibilities

• Plan, develop and deliver inclusive programming (activities, events and workshops) for community and youth audiences inspired by the Museum’s collections, research and scientists, ensuring delivery of outcomes and KPIs.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with local community and youth organisations, including through our Community Advisory Group and Young Consultants Panel, listening and learning about their needs and the barriers experienced when engaging with science, nature and the Museum.
• Advocate for the needs, wants and expectations of community and youth audiences within the Museum in the development of new galleries, exhibitions and the wider Museum experience, working with internal colleagues to also identify opportunities to involve these audiences.
• Work with the Audience Research and Advocacy team to understand wider audience needs to inform programming, and determine how to measure and understand impact to constantly enhance our offer.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across Learning and National Programmes, Science colleagues and external community partners to co‑shape, develop and deliver events, activities, resources that reflect the Museum’s priority programmes and the Learning Strategy.
• Contribute to developing and delivering audience‑focussed science communication and content specific training and development for internal and external audiences.
• Produce health and safety and safeguarding risk assessments to a high standard ensuring everyone’s safety working collaboratively with internal and external collaborators as required.
• Commission and manage external suppliers as required and in line with procurement, due diligence, legal and HR guidelines.
• Develop purposeful and productive relationships with colleagues across Learning, Digital, Communications and Marketing, and Visitor Experience teams to ensure smooth delivery of the overall programme and that activities and events are well coordinated, promoted, and deliver excellent visitor experiences.

Person Specification

• Proven experience of producing a rich variety of inclusive learning experiences (events, activities, and workshops) for diverse young audiences aged 0‑25 and/or community‑focused activities, preferably in a museum, cultural or heritage organisation.
• Proven experience in producing, managing and delivering public‑facing events, with good understanding of event production and operational processes and procedures.
• Experience of working collaboratively with diverse young people in an informal learning environment, including working with people who are structurally excluded and may experience barriers to engaging with nature, science, and museums.
• Strong facilitation skills, skilled at leading sessions and engaging audiences across a variety of settings.
• Broad understanding and experience of how people learn.
• Committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and to engaging and involving the widest possible audience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to build relationships with a range of collaborators and colleagues, and ability to work collaboratively with scientists, audiences and partners to deliver events and activities, bringing together diverse perspectives.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, able to work concurrently across several projects and activities, with experience of active budget management.
• Experience in training, supervising, and supporting staff and volunteers.
• Proven team player, with a pragmatic and problem‑solving approach.
• Experienced in assessing and mitigating health and safety and safeguarding risks.

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.

We are ambitious. To make a difference on a global scale we are big and bold in our thinking and set goals which may seem impossibly high. We act with integrity, but we are not rigid or inflexible. We are excellent at what we do and look for opportunities to make a difference for the Museum wherever we can.

We are curious. We never stop learning. We look outwards beyond the Museum and ask questions to advance our understanding. We seek out and actively listen to different perspectives. We take time to reflect, are thoughtful and open to new ideas.

We share the wonder. We are captivated by the natural world, proud of our treasures and trusted guardians of our collections. We are passionate about the Museum, enjoy telling its stories and sharing our knowledge and expertise to inspire others. We don’t take this for granted; we feel proud to work here.

We are pioneering. We are not afraid to try something new and use good judgment and evidence to take risks. We experiment, innovate, and embrace complex problems by adapting our approach. We do not dwell on setbacks or get preoccupied with problems. We find solutions.

We team up. We respect the expertise of others and recognise that we produce the strongest outcomes when we put the best ideas together. We trust each other, keep things simple and make it easy for others to do the right thing. We share information and skills so everyone is equipped and enabled to succeed. We never let bad moments grow into bad relationships. We inspire and empower each other to give our best.

We act with pace. We focus our efforts where we know we can make the biggest impact. We take tough decisions and once a plan is set, we all get behind it to make it happen. We take responsibility and don’t wait to be told what to do. We are racing against time in this planetary emergency, so we work with a sense of urgency.

General Information

This position at the Natural History Museum is conditional subject to receipt of:

• Proof that you are legally entitled to work in the UK
• An Enhanced Disclosure Check with workforce barred lists from the Disclosures and Barring Service (DBS)
• Satisfactory references covering the last 3 years of your employment or education
• Health clearance

The Museum supports flexible working, where possible, around operational delivery.

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