Historical Costumed Interpreter

National Justice Museum; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

National Justice Museum and City of Caves in Nottingham invites applicants to join as a Visitor Experience facilitator, delivering engaging historical interpretation and maintaining high standards of customer care.

This is a permanent, zero‑hours contract with a six‑month probationary period. The role requires weekend and evening work, and pays £12.71 per hour, with the successful candidate reporting to the Head Interpreter & Visitor Experience Manager.

Job description

To offer all visitors a unique and high-quality experience when visiting the National Justice Museum and City of Caves through expert historical interpretation and facilitation with a consistently high standard of customer care, to ensure that it attracts and retains visitors to the organisation.

Responsible to: Head Interpreter & Visitor Experience Manager (VEM)
Hours:Zero hours per week, weekend and evening work expected
Location: National Justice Museum and City of Caves, Nottingham
Contract: Permanent, 6-month probationary period
Rate of pay: £12.71 per hour

The closing date for applications is 5pm, Friday 18th September 2026. Successful applicants will be contacted after the closing date.

We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our people, particularly the number of Ethnic minority, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people as we are underrepresented in these groups. We aspire for our team to reflect the communities in the cities we serve.

To do this we need your help in filling out a short diversity monitoring form.

The information you provide will help support us ensure that our recruitment processes are fair to all and allow us to attract diverse and talented candidates.

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The form should only take a few minutes to complete.

National Justice Museum is an Educational Charity, registered number 1030554.