Vacancies

Creative opportunities

The Story Museum regularly collaborates with talented artists, designers, performers and curators to help bring stories to life.

• If you are an artist looking to appear as part of The Story Museum’s programme, please contact our programming team.
• If you are looking to use our spaces for a performance or rehearsals, please visit our Venue Hire section.
• If you are looking for job opportunities, please scroll down.

Exhibitions Manager

Exhibitions Manager

Salary: £25,000-£27,000

Contract: Full time, permanent contract

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (flexible working arrangements possible)

We are looking for a new exhibitions manager to manage, oversee and help upkeep the gallery spaces in our most unusual museum. The postholder will lead on overseeing the rolling upkeep of our gallery spaces, design and delivery of new spaces and temporary exhibitions and exploring and managing the touring of existing and upcoming exhibits.

This is a diverse and hands-on role that entails working with the Senior Management Team, Executive Team, publishers, writers, makers, media and members of the public of all ages.

Within this role, the post holder will also manage the Exhibitions Assistant, as well as regularly collaborating with colleagues as part of the Creative Programme Team.

To apply, download the full job description, person specification, applicant information and recruitment monitoring form below

Closing date: Monday 9 October, 17:00.

Designer Maker Call Out: Elmer the Patchwork Elephant

Designer/Maker

In May 2024 The Story Museum is joining forces with Andersen Press to wish Elmer the Patchwork Elephant a happy 35^th birthday! At the heart of the anniversary celebrations will be the unveiling of a new Elmer story space in our immersive Small Worlds gallery in May 2024, along with a series of creative workshops in Oxford’s family centres which will feed into assets for Elmer displays at the museum in the month of May 2024 and beyond.

Summary of Commission

The Story Museum is seeking an experienced Designer and Maker to:

• Design, build/ make and install an Elmer storytelling zone within a designated area of our Small Worlds galleries for 0-5 year olds
• Design and deliver an Elmer themed workshop scheme for early years and primary age children and families in Oxfordshire, elements of which should feed into a public display at TSM and/or be incorporated into the final installation

This commission is suitable for an experienced artist with appropriate skill-sets in one or more of the following areas: theatre or immersive installation design & construction, prop making, 3D design and build, textile arts, scenic and/or mural art.

For a full brief, budget and schedule please download an information pack below.

To apply, please send a covering letter with clear examples of relevant work along with a short proposal on how you would approach this commission, along with a completed monitoring form to programming@storymuseum.org.uk

Closing date: Monday 11 September 2023

Interviews: Wednesday 20 September 2023

Story Leader

Story Leader

Salary: £23,500-£24,255 pro rata depending on experience
Contract: Part-time permanent
Hours: 15 hours per week (0.4 FTE). On occasion weekend, Bank Holiday, and evening working may be required.

We are recruiting a new Story Leader to join our vibrant and creative team of qualified primary and secondary teachers leading participatory literacy workshops that build on speaking and listening, creative writing and drama skills for school groups both on and off site.

We are particularly interested in applicants with experience in KS3-KS5 and those with digital storytelling knowledge. The post holder will also support creative activities and storytelling sessions for informal family and community groups.

For further details, including the full job specification and instructions on how to apply, please download the information below.

Closing date: Monday 25 September, 10.00am

Story Guides

Story Guides

Salary: £22,183-£22,683 pro rata
Contract: Variable/zero hours part-time contracts available
Hours: Variable hours but must be available to work at least one weekend day per week. Weekend, Bank Holiday and evening working will be required as part of a shared rota

We are looking for a new Story Guide to join our enthusiastic and engaging team who facilitate and encourage imaginative play in our exhibition spaces, host birthday parties and help reset Museum spaces and tidy up our Galleries on a daily basis to ensure that our visitors have the best possible experience.

You'll play a leading role in helping engage visitors of all ages with stories, for example by reading aloud from a book, leading trails, playing with interactive displays and supporting creative learning sessions with pre-school and primary aged school classes and community groups.

We are recruiting Story Guides with a range of abilities and will provide training and career progression for successful applicants who currently do not meet the highest skillset.

For more information about the role including details of how to apply please download the documents below.

Closing date: Monday 25 September, 10.00am

Visitor Services Team

Visitor Services Team Vacancies

We are looking for fun and friendly people to join our great visitor services team welcoming visitors to our shop, café and Museum. If you're looking for a training opportunity, a first job from school or university, or the next step in your visitor services career, we're sure you'd enjoy joining our team. We are currently recruiting to the following roles:

Visitor Services Apprentice
Salary: £7.49 per hour
Contract: Full time (including 1/2 day per week study)
Hours: Working weekends, bank holidays and school holidays as part of a rota

Visitor Services Shop & Café Assistants
Salary: £11.35 per hour
Contract: Full-time and Part-time contracts available (minimum 3 days per week)
Hours: Working weekends, bank holidays and school holidays as part of a rota

Visitor Services Supervisor (café)
Salary: £11.63-£11.86 per hour
Contract: 4 or 5 days per week
Hours: Working weekends, bank holidays and school holidays as part of a rota

For further information about each of the roles, please download the relevant job descriptions below along with the Applicant information.

To apply, please return a completed personal statement form, CV and monitoring form to recruitment@storymuseum.org.uk

Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis until the posts have been filled.

Work Experience

We're always keen to hear from enthusiastic young people interested in getting involved with The Story Museum's work however due to the extremely high demand for work experience places we only offer placements through our strategic partnerships with selected schools. Some schools allow students to complete a week’s intensive volunteering during school holidays in lieu of work experience during specific weeks and we’re happy to support whenever possible.

Visit out volunteering page to find out more.