Schools Learning Producer

Royal Museums Greenwich; Greenwich; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 22 days

Interest-free loans

Life assurance

Free museum entries

Hybrid working

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Royal Museums Greenwich seeks a dynamic, schools-focused programme lead to inspire learners across National Maritime Museum and the Queen’s House. You will develop, deliver and resource enquiry-based programmes from early years to post-16, building strong relationships with teachers and partners while ensuring an inclusive, engaging learning experience across sites.

The role is full-time and permanent, with core hours 9am–5pm, Monday to Friday, and flexible hybrid working to support delivery of

Qualifications

• Proven track record of engaging children and young people with museum collections.
• Understanding of needs of school learners and teachers.
• Effective time management and strong written/verbal presentation skills.
• Experience with sensitive topics related to empire and the transatlantic slave trade.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of historical enquiry programmes for schools.
• Nurture relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure audience voice is embedded in activities and learning sessions.
• Shape onsite and digital learning sessions during service changes.

Job description

Royal Museums Greenwich is a collection of diverse historical sites. The sites are the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House. Each of these sites has a unique identity and a common purpose to serve our communities, through sharing our collections and expertise. We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts people at the core of its success.

The Role

If you are passionate about the role Museums play in the learning journeys of children and young people, then this is the role for you. We are looking for a dynamic individual to work with schools and teachers to support and inspire collections-based learning at the National Maritime Museum and the Queen’s House. You will lead on the development, delivery and resourcing of historical enquiry programmes from early years to post 16, giving all school learners a high-quality experience that is unique to our sites. You will also nurture relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that audience voice is embedded into everything we do.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of engaging children and young people using museum collections and a great understanding of the needs of school learners and teachers. Effective time management and written and verbal presentation skills are also required. This role involves working with histories relating to empire and the transatlantic trade of enslaved people so experience of culturally sensitive approaches to exploring these topics is essential. It’s a fast-paced and rewarding role that puts learning at the centre of the Museum.

This is an exciting time of change for the schools programme as we develop new approaches to onsite and digital sessions, making this role a great opportunity to shape our provision.

This is a full time, permanent role in Band 5 - Management and Proficient Specialists. Core hours of work will be 36, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, with an additional hour to be worked as agreed upon with management. Due to the nature of the work flexibility is required in meeting the demands of the role.

Salary:

£38,568 per annum

Please be aware that we are unable to sponsor visas.

The application deadline is Thursday 17 September at 23:59. Interviews are pencilled in for Friday 2 October.

We offer:

• 22 days annual leave (rising to 25 after 1 year) plus bank holidays
• Interest-free loans (travel, bike, gym, learning)
• Free Life Assurance Scheme covering you for 2 times your annual salary
• Free entry to exhibitions at partner museums and galleries
• Flexible and hybrid working options
• A culture that celebrates individuality, collaboration, and innovation

EDI

Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirit of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone.

We actively work with Disability Confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments you need or things you would like us to know during the interview process, which may include being provided with the interview questions in advance, requiring a step free interview space, that you are eye-contact avoidant, or having the interview questions in a written format or additional time in timed tests, interviews or other assessment activities.