Along with a supportive learning environment, we offer the chance to gain new skills and experience or simply to do something you enjoy.
Current vacancies
Gardening for wellbeing volunteer
The community team is looking for volunteers to will assist with the delivery of a weekly outdoor course in the Horniman Gardens, designed for local people who are socially isolated and/or enduring mental ill health. Volunteers will join a friendly team and receive appropriate training.
To apply
- Please contact volunteering@horniman.ac.uk to request an application form.
- This role is selective, and we will hold informal interviews.
- Please put ‘Gardening for Wellbeing volunteer’ as the subject line of your email.
Apply by Sunday 28 May.
Digitisation volunteer - Beryl de Zoete collection
The collection team is currently looking for volunteers with an interest in digitising collection information and images; the purpose of this volunteer role is to help with scanning a large collection of photographic negatives produced in the early and mid-20th century by the dance anthropologist Beryl de Zoete during her fieldwork in Bali.
To apply
- Please contact volunteering@horniman.ac.uk to request an application form.
- This role is selective, and we will hold informal interviews.
- Please write ‘Digitisation Volunteer’ as the subject line of your email.
Apply by Sunday 28 May.
Family Activity Volunteer
The Horniman welcomes a wide range of people to the museum each year including many young families. Family Activity volunteers help with the delivery of our weekly Saturday drop-in craft activities inspired by the Museum’s collections, themes and values.
To apply
- Please contact volunteering@horniman.ac.uk to request an application form.
- This role is selective, and we will hold informal interviews
- Please put ‘Family Activity Volunteer’ as the subject line of your email
Apply by Sunday 4 June
Outdoor Learning Volunteer
The Horniman’s Formal Learning Team is looking for confident and enthusiastic volunteers to help us trial outdoor learning resources for self-led school groups and evaluate their effectiveness. This is an opportunity for anyone who is looking to gain experience of outdoor learning and evaluation.
To apply
- Please contact volunteering@horniman.ac.uk to request an application form.
- This role is selective, and we will hold informal interviews.
- Please put ‘Outdoor Learning Volunteer’ as the subject in your email.
Apply by Sunday 4 June.
Engage volunteer
The Horniman welcomes a wide range of people to the museum each year including many young families. Engage volunteers help bring our collections and displays to life and enable visitors to have a richer, more hands-on experience at the Museum. All necessary training is given – no prior experience is needed.
To apply
- Please contact volunteering@horniman.ac.uk to request an application form.
- Apply by 25 June
- A group selection session will be held on Friday 30 June
- Induction will be held on 11 July 2023