Careers
Public Programme Session Leader
Application deadline: 21 January 2026 12:00 pm
Contract
Part-time, fixed-term contract until February 2028. There may be a possibility of extension. Hours will be agreed one month in advance and will vary by week.
Hours
Annualised hours contract of 200 hours. Hours will be agreed one month in advance and will vary by week.
Salary
£15 per hour (FTE £28,860). Accrued holiday pay for annualised hours contract of 200 hours. Pension: 6% employer contribution after 3 months.
First interviews
Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 February 2026, at the Museum.
Download and complete the forms below and send to us by clicking apply
Do you want to be part of a dynamic and evolving Museum team? Do you want to pioneer an exciting new role? Are you passionate about storytelling and delivering quality learning experiences for families? If the answer is ‘yes’, you could join our friendly team as a Public Programme Session Leader.
Our new Public Programme Session Leader will play a key role to prepare for and deliver dynamic sessions for our visitors in our public offer programme. Your working day is based on leading face-to-face workshops, delivering storytelling and doing behind-the-scenes tasks.
This role is an ideal opportunity to deliver sessions to a wide range of audiences. Delivering live storytelling and workshops to our general public audience and through our dedicated programmes to our SEND and under 5 visitors, playing a key audience-focused role. You will work within a close-knit team that plays an instrumental role in the Museum’s overall success and aims to make a positive contribution to the wider sector. We work hard, we work collaboratively, and we work supportively.
We are a super-friendly team based in a beautiful village with great connections to London. We are an award-winning visitor attraction with a recent Best Museum Visit (School Travel Awards 2023) and a prestigious Sandford Award for Heritage Education…and we want to get even better!
If you want to entertain and engage with our friendly visitors, if you want to work in a team that is committed to and consistent about high standards, if you want to work with careful consideration of delivering great museum learning… then this could be perfect place for you to make your mark and help realise our vision, that everyone is a storymaker.
NB Public Programme Session Leaders will deliver across weekends and throughout school holidays. Please be ready to discuss your availability when applying.
Applying for this role
Applications must be completed using the supplied form. CVs cannot be substituted for completing this form in full.
Recruitment timeline
Application deadline = 12noon, Wednesday 21 January 2026,
Applications received after this date and time will not be accepted for this recruitment round, in fairness to candidates who have met the deadline.
Interviews = Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 February, at the Museum. Due to the ‘in-person’ nature of the role, online interviews will not be possible at the initial stage. We may run a second round of interviews which would take place online.
Reasonable UK travel expenses can be claimed with evidence of payment/mileage. RDM reserves the right to limit interview expenses reimbursement if a claim is excessive e.g. overnight accommodation, non-standard public transport costs.
Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments so you can attend an interview. Feedback will be available for all interviewees on request. However, we cannot guarantee to give feedback to applicants who are not interviewed.
Interview questions in advance
If you are selected for interview, we will share the main questions in advance, so you have a chance to prepare. We are interested in finding thoughtful people who consider what they say and do. However, interviews are dynamic conversations and so it is likely that additional questions will come up in interviews and we want to see someone think on their feet, too.
If you have questions about the role or the application process, please email learning@roalddahlmuseum.org and we will do our best to answer.
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