Museum Educator (Part Time, Fixed Term)

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Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 10^th December 2025 in the first instance.

As the principal museum of the University of Cambridge and the largest cultural venue in the region, The Fitzwilliam Museum acts as a crucial bridge between the University, the City and the rest of the world, and has an international reputation for extraordinary research, world class exhibitions, award-winning public programmes and significant collections spanning many cultures and centuries. The Hamilton Kerr Institute (HKI) is a sub-department of the museum and is one of the world's leading centres for teaching and research in paintings conservation and heritage science.

This role contributes to unlocking the Fitzwilliam Museum's collections in ways that ensure that young peoples' talent and capabilities are enhanced and acknowledged as a vital part of the cultural life of the city, region and beyond. The Fitzwilliam Museum Learning & Public Programmes department believes that exploring and experimenting with art offers exciting, playful, creative learning experiences for all. Young people are central to our vision, to make a positive difference in the lives of young people. We aim to do this in a variety of ways - through a range of activity with schools, youth-centred public programming, creative skills development, and partnerships with local and national organisations.

The Museum's collection acts as a springboard for a range of learning spaces and transformative experiences. Through the collection, we engage with artists, makers, activists and organisers to build inclusive projects that invite young people to build up their skills, make new connections, and share perspectives to explore, respond, contribute to and question society today.

This role will join a team of museum educators delivering teaching in the museum, in schools and the community. Alongside this, the post-holder will work in collaboration with the team to deliver two related research and development projects in collaboration with colleagues as part of our collective evolving methodological framework:

1. Exploring, testing and creating recommendations regarding the use of creative education approaches to enhance the schools offer and
2. The creation of new resources for schools based on the collection, and a forthcoming temporary exhibition Rise-Up: Resistance, Revolution and Abolition.

The post holder will be able to communicate well with people of diverse backgrounds, with the ability to connect, inspire, motivate and manage behaviour with ease, and to adapt to meet a variety of needs. They will demonstrate experience of planning and delivering creative learning projects for school aged children and young people. They will be adept at working independently and as part of a team, with understanding of the current policy context and a commitment to equity, diversity, justice and inclusion.

In return we offer an encouraging and supportive environment, generous holiday allowance, an attractive pension scheme and many employee benefits such as a shopping discounts scheme.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic disclosure (criminal records check) check and a security check.Museum Educator (Part Time, Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Applications are welcome from internal candidates who would like to apply for the role on the basis of a secondment from their current role in the University.

We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

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