The Salisbury Museum

Arts Council England; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 14,000 - 19,000; Part time

Job summary

The Salisbury Museum is seeking a part-time, paid Volunteer Co-ordinator to recruit, train and manage a diverse team of over 200 volunteers. You will help volunteers find their place across galleries, events and activities, ensuring visitors feel welcome and valued.

Based in Salisbury, the role focuses on recruiting from local communities, delivering training, maintaining records and safeguarding, with the aim of expanding local and national engagement and attracting a younger audience.

Qualifications

• Experience of recruiting, supporting or managing volunteers.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with people of all ages and backgrounds.
• Organised with good attention to detail and record keeping.
• Confident written and verbal communication.
• Ability to plan and deliver training.
• Good IT skills, including email and spreadsheets.
• Enthusiasm for heritage, history or the arts.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Experience in a museum, heritage or cultural setting.
• Understanding of volunteer policy and safeguarding practice.

Responsibilities

• Recruit volunteers from the local community and beyond, using a range of channels.
• Plan and deliver induction and ongoing training for volunteers.
• Manage and support volunteers across visitor engagement, collections administration, gardening, learning and schools activities, and events.
• Match volunteers' skills and interests to roles, and keep role descriptions up to date.
• Maintain volunteer records, rotas and communications.
• Work with colleagues across the museum to identify new volunteering opportunities.
• Oversee volunteer wellbeing, safeguarding and health and safety requirements.
• Recognise and celebrate volunteers' contributions.
• Report on volunteer numbers, impact and feedback.
• Be an integral part of the staff team and support colleagues as needed.

Skills

Volunteer recruitment

Volunteer support

Volunteer management

Interpersonal skills

Training delivery

IT skills

Equality & inclusion

Tools

Email

Spreadsheets

Job description

Thu, 29 Oct 2026">published - Thu, 29 Oct 2026

Job Summary

We're looking for a part-time paid Volunteer Co-ordinator to recruit, train and manage our diverse team of volunteers from all walks of life. You'll help them find their place across our galleries, collections, events, activities, and you'll play a central part in making every visitor feel welcome.

Job Description

The Salisbury Museum tells the story of Salisbury and the surrounding area, a landscape that has been home to continuous human achievement for over half a million years. Our galleries cover archaeology, the history of Salisbury, ceramics and natural history. Highlights include the Amesbury Archer, artefacts from Stonehenge, the Pitt-Rivers collections, works by Turner and Constable, the Rex Whistler archive and the Salisbury Giant.

We are seeking a part-time Volunteer Co-ordinator to lead our thriving and dedicated team of over 200 volunteers. This is a paid role at the heart of the museum. You will recruit, train and manage volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds, helping to bring new people into the museum and supporting them to find their place. Our volunteers help with the day-to-day running of the museum, so this role makes a real difference to every visitor. It also supports our aim to attract more local, national and international visitors and members, and to reach a younger audience.

We receive no government subsidy, so our volunteers play a vital part in our work. You will help make sure they feel valued, supported and well trained.

Job Requirements

The role is wide-ranging, and the selected candidate will be required to:

• Recruit volunteers from the local community and beyond, using a range of channels
• Plan and deliver induction and ongoing training for volunteers
• Manage and support volunteers across visitor engagement, collections administration, gardening, learning and schools activities, and events
• Match volunteers' skills and interests to roles, and keep role descriptions up to date
• Maintain volunteer records, rotas and communications
• Work with colleagues across the museum to identify new volunteering opportunities
• Oversee volunteer wellbeing, safeguarding and health and safety requirements
• Recognise and celebrate volunteers' contributions
• Report on volunteer numbers, impact and feedback
• Be an integral part of the staff team and support colleagues as needed.

Job Responsibilities

Essential:

• Experience of recruiting, supporting or managing volunteers
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with people of all ages and backgrounds
• Organised, with good attention to detail and record keeping
• Confident written and verbal communication
• Ability to plan and deliver training
• Good IT skills, including email and spreadsheets
• Enthusiasm for heritage, history or the arts
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Desirable:

• Experience in a museum, heritage or cultural setting
• Understanding of volunteer policy and safeguarding practice

With galleries devoted to archaeology, the history of Salisbury, ceramics and natural history, the museum has a diverse and unique collection, appealing to a local and wider audience.