Vacancies

Trustees and volunteers enjoying our Income Generation workshop

We are currently recruiting for more volunteers

Bradford on Avon Museum is a wonderful, small museum, telling the story of Bradford on Avon and the surrounding villages. Our collection includes geology, archaeology, fine art, social history, and trades and industry, including a complete pharmacy. We are entirely volunteer-run, but thanks to our fantastic volunteers, we are open five days a week from mid-January to the end of November, welcoming thousands of visitors, including the many tourists who visit the town from all over the world. For our local community, we run a very successful talks programme, have published almost 30 booklets on aspects of our local history, and have an active research group. We are proud to be an Accredited museum.

We are currently looking for more people to join our volunteer team and help us continue to thrive. If you have skills or an interest in any of the roles below, please do get in touch with Kate Turnbull, Chair of Trustees at turnbullke@gmail.com for more information and an informal chat. Please also contact Kate if you have another skill you think we could make use of – we’d love to hear from you.

Volunteer stewards

We are always keen to welcome new volunteer stewards. To find out more and apply, visit our Become a Volunteer Steward page.

Other voluntary roles

Honorary Secretary – This role involves taking the minutes at Trustees meetings (currently 4 per year) and at the AGM.
Assistant Treasurer – Working with our Hon. Treasurer.
Trustee – Vice Chair – includes leading on some business projects (download Vice Chair role profile). Please also read the generic trustee role description which applies to all trustee roles.
This role would suit someone who is organised, enjoys working as part of a small team, and is happy to be the lead for some of our projects – e.g. co-ordinating moving research space to a new location or working with the Library to improve our signage.
Digital & Marketing Lead (download Digital & Marketing Lead role profile)
This role may suit a student who is looking to grow their portfolio, or an early career heritage or marketing professional who would like to gain trustee / board experience either by becoming a full trustee, or by observing the board.
…Alternatively, to the Digital & Marketing Lead – Marketing, PR or Digital team member – if you’re interested in a smaller commitment (micro-volunteering) on anything to do with websites, social media, or PR, please get in touch.
Membership Lead – note, this role could be, but does not have to be, a trustee – see role profile for more information (download Membership Lead role profile)
Exhibitions and events team member – we’re always looking for people who want to get involved with any aspect of exhibitions and events, whether you’d like to help on the stall at the church fete, or research topics for exhibition, or help with the logistics of putting on an exhibition or event.

For more information or an informal chat about any of these roles, please contact Kate Turnbull, Chair of Trustees, at turnbullke@gmail.com.