Volunteer Guide

4 weeks ago


North Berwick, United Kingdom National Museums Scotland Full time

**Volunteer Guide | Ideally 2 days per month**

National Museums Scotland is currently looking for **Volunteer Guides **at our **National Museum of Flight **location (East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian).

We are looking for enthusiastic, interested and communicative individuals to join our **Visitor Experience **team as a volunteer.

**About the role**

As part of the team of volunteers at the National Museum of Flight, you will assist staff with the presentation of our collection including Concorde, Jetstream, BAC1-11, Comet, Vulcan, and Boeing 707 aircraft. You will help visitors to get the most out of taking a walk-through the aircraft, offer interesting stories and answer visitor queries.

**What’s involved?**
- Follow National Museums procedures for caring for the aircraft
- Interact and engage with our diverse range of visitors
- Enthusiastically communicate knowledge about the aircraft, and the museum
- Help support and improve the visitor experience in conjunction with our Visitor Experience Department.

**This role may suit you if you**
- Enjoy interacting and engaging with people and the public
- Are interested in aviation and our museum’s history
- Like nature and the outdoors
- Are friendly and approachable.

**When is it?**

Volunteering hours are negotiable. Ideally, we are hoping our successful volunteers would be able to provide us with 2 days (8 hours) per month and be able to start as soon as possible.

**By getting involved you could**
- Learn more about National Museums Scotland and our work
- Develop valuable skills and experiences within the museum sector
- Enjoy doing something you like whilst meeting new, like-minded people
- Share your knowledge with visitors.

We have attached a Role Description on our recruitment portal for more information. Please see here

Volunteers are a bridge between us and our community. If you think this is something you would enjoy and can lend some of your time to, we would love to hear from you.

**Please note we may start screening volunteers from the start of the campaign. A successful volunteer could progress to offer before the advertised closing date (29/03/2024) which may result in the positions being delisted.



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