By joining the learning team you will have fun, meet new people whilst using or developing your skills and experience of working with children and adults in the museums. Our learning team delivers a range of primary, secondary and adult workshops and tours. The Trust has a growing reputation for the delivery of engaging, interactive and enjoyable learning sessions and is the holder of the Sandford Award for Museum Education and the Marsh Trust regional award for volunteers in museum learning. Our learning team volunteers play a vital role leading activity sessions and enhancing the visitor's experience.
You will be:
• Welcoming and providing information to groups and schools on arrival
• Leading or assisting with workshops/activities
• Helping prepare resources and set up the workshop/activity
• Clear up and tidy after workshop/activity
• May be in costume/role depending upon activity
• Work within the learning team during events and special activities
• Be involved in research, interpretation and exhibitions
• Learning about local history, law and order and Victorians
We are looking for someone with:
• Friendly and enthusiastic approach
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• An interest in history and local heritage useful but not essential
• Reliable, punctual and energetic!
• Able to work independently or as part of a team
• Experience of working with children, young people or education groups is useful but not essential
• Able to use humor to share knowledge
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Hours are flexible but school visits are generally a morning 9.30 -1pm or an afternoon 1-3pm
• Adult and youth groups may be evenings and weekends
• Research and preparation maybe done from home
All 3 museums are within walking distance of Ripon City Centre. The Prison and Police Museum is on St. Marygate, Ripon HG4 1LX; The Workhouse Museum is on Sharow View, Allhallowgate, Ripon HG4 1LE and the Courthouse Museum is on Minster Road, Ripon HG4 1QS
• Hours are flexible but school visits are generally a morning 9.30 -1pm or an afternoon 1-3pm
• Adult and youth groups may be evenings and weekends
• Research and preparation maybe done from home
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Preservation of historic buildings and artefacts, education services and responsible for The Prison & Police, The Workhouse and The Courthouse Museums in Ripon. We have around 140 volunteers who fulfil a variety of roles which range from helping with education visits to gardening, cataloguing the collections to keeping our accounts, repairing brickwork to researching the stories behind the buildings.
Please check the website for opening times and events.
