Job Opportunity: Garden Activity Coordinator

Job Title: Garden Activity Coordinator
Contract: Fixed term contract for 30 months
Hours: 15 hours per week
Salary: £28,163 – £30,060 (pro-rata)
Reports to: Garden Engagement Manager
Location: All sites across Brighton & Hove Museums portfolio
Closing date: 5pm, Friday 11 April 2025

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, practical, and self-motivated individual to join the team at Brighton & Hove Museums (B&HM) to support with the delivery of the National Lottery Heritage funded ‘A Garden Fit For A King’ project. The successful candidate will want to share their knowledge and engage with a diverse range of audiences.

You will be responsible for developing and delivering a new primary, secondary and SEND schools offer for the Pavilion Garden in line with the project’s Activity Plan. The Garden Schools Coordinator will be supported in this by the wider project team as well as the B&HM team. The post holder will develop programmes and opportunities that investigate the ecology and heritage of the Garden and respond to schools’ needs and interests and will work with local teachers and students to develop the programme with and for them.

‘A Garden Fit for a King’ is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to invest in the rejuvenation of the Royal Pavilion Garden.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of the country to help us shape and change the museum sector to make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve.

If you would like to have an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Su Hepburn, Head of Learning & Engagement at su.hepburn@rpmt.org.uk

Please note that this role does not meet the requirement for the UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) Points based Immigration System. Successful candidates will need to evidence that they have the right to work in the UK.