Actor Facilitator

Can you bring Milestones Museum to life?

We usually respond within two weeks

Job Title: Actor Facilitator

Level: 4A

Salary: £14.33 per hour (£27,000 FTE)

Location: Milestones Museum, Basingstoke

Hours: Flexible contracts from 7 – 37 hours per week with regular weekend working

Type of Contract: Permanent, Fixed Term-contract and casual opportunities available

Job Description: Actor Facilitator

Can you bring Milestones Museum to life?

We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic actors to join our team and help create unforgettable experiences for at Milestones Museum. This is a highly interactive role, combining scripted performances, improvisation and audience engagement to bring stories and characters to life.

You’ll support our daily visitor offer and exciting programme of events, productions and family experiences throughout the year. During term-time, you’ll also support delivering our immersive schools programme, working with children to create engaging, memorable learning experiences.

A bit about you

You’ll be a professional actor with strong performance skills, excellent improvisation abilities and a natural talent for captivating large audiences. You’ll enjoy working with children and are confident adapting your performance to suit different ages, groups and environments.

You will bring enthusiasm, creativity and a collaborative approach, with a passion for creating immersive experiences that engages, entertains and inspires and brings Milestones Museum to life. Also, you will be able to learn some history facts and information about our stories to share with our visitors.

Who we are

At Hampshire Cultural Trust we have a vision to create inspirational culture experiences that enrich and transform lives. We manage and support 20+ attractions and deliver county-wide outreach programmes that bring great culture to local communities. We also deliver a diverse range of wider social impact initiatives targeted at those who are most vulnerable or disadvantaged and who would not usually have access to arts and culture.

We promote equity, inclusion and diversity and a culture that actively values differences. We recognise that people from different backgrounds and experiences can enhance the way we perform and work and we encourage and support the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our staff.

We are inclusive, valuing, and respectful of diversity, developing the ability to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Therefore, we are committed to implementing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities in our recruitment process and employment.

The benefits of working for us

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro-rated for part time working)

• 5% Employer pension contributions

• Generous occupational maternity, adoption and paternity pay

• Enhanced occupational sick pay

• Generous compassionate leave scheme

• Paid emergency leave

• Industry leading Employee Assistance Programme

• Access to same day GP appointments for employees and their immediate family

• Life assurance scheme (x3 annual salary)

• Interest-free Season ticket loans and travel loans from first day of employment

• Charity Worker Discounts Scheme (savings on retail, leisure, groceries, travel etc.)

• Access to free eye tests and vouchers towards glasses for VDU use

• Free flu vaccination vouchers

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Health Cash Plan (cashback on dental, optical, medical for monthly subscription cost)

• Opportunities to learn, develop and progress

• Free tea and coffee

• Team Card - Free access to venues for friends and family, and discounts across café and retail.

To apply please fill in the application form with an up-to-date CV. We do not require covering letters for this position however would be grateful to receive context to your application please include links to your spotlight or other professional portfolio.

Closing date for applications: 7 July 2026

MS Teams Catch Up Meetings: W/C 8 July 2026

Date of Auditions: 14 or 15 July 2026

To find out more about us visit our website www.hampshireculture.org.uk and https://careers.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/

If you have any queries relating to the recruitment process, please email people@hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk

Department

Operations

Role

Visitor Experience (Front of House)

Locations

Milestones Museum and Basing House

Hourly salary

£14.33

Employment type

Contract

Job Level:

4A

Need to talk to us?

Use the live chat function to speak directly to the Hiring Manager or drop us a message at: recruitment@hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk.

Alternatively you can talk to us directly on: 01962 396678

Our employee benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro-rated for part time working)

• 7.5% Employer pension contribution

• Generous occupational maternity, adoption and paternity pay

• Generous occupational sick pay

• Life assurance scheme - 3x annual salary

• Industry-leading Employee Assistance Programme

• Interest-free season ticket loans and travel loans from first day of employment

• Access to 24/7 GP appointments for you and your immediate family

• Free eye tests and vouchers towards glasses

• Charity worker discounts scheme

  (savings on retail, leisure, groceries, travel etc.)

• Health cash plan

  (cashback on dental, optical, medical for monthly subscription cost)

• HCT Team Card

  (free access to our admission charging venues and discounts across café and retail)

• Free Flu vaccination vouchers

• Cycle to work scheme

Our recruitment - what to expect

• Step 1 – Application

  Check out who we are and find the role for you. Applying through our application form we'll find out about you and you an even add a fun flair to your application.

• Step 2 - Catch-up

  Once we've got your application one of our team may reach out to find out more about you, your interest and to tell you about life at HCT. This is an informal catch-up.

• Step 3 - Interview and Assessment

  Depending on the role you may have 1 or 2 stages of interviews. These will often include a task related to the role. We'll send a guidance pack prior to the interview to give you some hints, tips and to help prepare.

• Step 4 - Offer and Onboarding

  Congratulations! We really think you could make your mark at HCT, so you'll receive your verbal offer and we'll start formally welcoming you.

Life at HCT

Not your traditional museum or art gallery

HCT is all about changing lives through culture and it is only through our staff and volunteers that we make that happen. We are selective on those who join us as we expect all of our teams and colleagues to uphold HCT’s values of being confident and creative in all circumstances. To strive for excellence with everything we do whilst taking responsibility and ownership for all aspects of our work as a trust in order to deliver amazing things through teamwork. All of this is underpinned by our keen strives to respect everyone’s individuality and uniqueness.