Learning & Engagement Volunteer

Are you keen to gain valuable experience working with vibrant communities to deliver Museum programmes? Do you love sparking conversations and engaging with people? If this sounds like you, the Museum of Watford would be pleased to welcome your application for our Learning & Engagement Volunteer opportunity!

As well as gaining skills in working with museum collections you will join our friendly volunteer team and be part of an important project to share our collection and research ahead of our exciting move to our new site at the Town Hall.

What will I do?

As a Learning & Engagement Volunteer with us you could help with the following activities:
Helping to run Museum on Tour events with the museum team
Researching objects for information to share with our visitors
Engaging visitors and sparking conversations about the history of Watford and museum objects
Helping to create resources for the Museum on Tour events
Overseeing the handling collections and safety of museum objects at Museum on Tour events

What skills do I need?

We welcome the skills and experience that each of our volunteers brings to the museum. We don’t expect volunteers to have museum experience, but volunteers will find the following skills and experience useful for this opportunity:

Confidence speaking to, and engaging with, a wide range of audiences
Good levels of spoken English (ability to speak other languages also an advantage)
Interest or knowledge of the history of Watford or Museum of Watford
Willingness to be trained in program delivery skills

Training in how to work with museum collections will be provided, as well as the all-important tea and biscuits!

Ideally you will be available for an initial period of 3 months, and we will review the voluntary role at 3 monthly intervals after that.