At a glance
- The Museum Of The Home
- Employer
- £40,000 per annum
- Salary
- 27/04/2026
- Closing date
- Permanent
- Contract
- Full time
- Hours
ABOUT MUSEUM OF THE HOME
Museum of the Home is the only museum in the world dedicated to exploring the idea of home—not just as a physical space, but as something shaped by emotions, identity, society, politics, and the environment.
We see Museum of the Home as a movement, championing home as a lens through which to understand major global issues and explore possible solutions.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Senior Learning Producer leads the development and delivery of programmes and resources that support schools, families, community groups and volunteers to engage with the Museum of the Home.
The postholder will oversee delivery of Museum’s volunteer, schools and families, programme, and community programme, ensuring that activity is inclusive, impactful and mission led.
They will develop new learning resources, after -school and forest school initiatives, and be responsible for embedding the Discovery Garden as a space for participation and nature -based learning, working closely with partners and funders to secure its long -term legacy.
Working with the Director: Programmes and Partnerships, they will contribute to the development of a Learning Strategy for 2026 –31, strengthening partnerships locally and nationally, and building evaluation systems that embed reflection, evidence and impact across the Museum’s learning practice.
This role is hands -on and delivery focused, ideal for a collaborative museum learning specialist with experience working across multiple audiences and programme strands.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE
Learning strategy & programme development
- Develop, project manage and deliver innovative and ambitious creative learning programmes inspired by the Museum’s collections and displays engaging key audiences including schools, families, communities and creative practitioners.
- Work with the Director to develop the Museum’s Learning Strategy (2026 –31).
- Ensure learning programmes reflect the Museum’s mission and diverse audiences.
- Provide leadership to the learning team to uphold and actively advance the Museum’s practices of decolonisation, nature -positive thinking and trauma -informed approaches across all programmes and partnerships.
- Develop new partnerships that support delivery, reach and co -creation.
- Develop new relationships and maintain sustained relationships with schools, early years centres, youth centres, community groups and informal education providers.
- Support the planning and delivery of the schools and families programme.
- Support Community Producer on delivery of the community programme, embedding co – creation and participant -led approaches.
- Support intergenerational, place -based and culturally diverse programmes connected to home stories.
- Build relationships with local networks, cultural partners, community leaders and organisations.
- Work with the Volunteer Manager to sustain and grow the programme – increasing recruitment, training and ongoing development.
General
- Manage budgets related to learning delivery and projects.
- Build and embed evaluation processes across learning programmes.
- Work with the Development team on grant applications, reporting and cultivation.
- Provide content for marketing and communications campaigns
- Support cross -team working for exhibitions, events and seasonal programming.
- Support the Senior Curator on the Hidden Histories of Home project – supervising students, training partners, and disseminating research.
- Take part in one public gallery shift per month as part of the Visitor First scheme.
- Additional duties as reasonably required by the organisation
Please see the attached JD for a full list of responsibilities
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
Skills/Knowledge/ Experience/ Personal Attributes
- Experience delivering museum, heritage or cultural learning programmes (essential).
- Understanding of schools, families and community engagement practice (essential).
- Experience managing or coordinating volunteers (essential).
- Experience of using permaculture principles (essential).
- Ability to design and deliver creative learning activities and resources (essential).
- Experience programming around climate action issues and themes (essential).
- Confident communicator and facilitator for diverse groups (essential).
- Experience managing project budgets and logistics (essential).
- Strong organisational skills, able to manage multiple programmes simultaneously (essential).
- Commitment to co -creation, equity and inclusive practice (essential).
- Experience building partnerships externally (essential).
- Ability to evaluate learning activity and track impact (essential).
- Must be able to pass a DBS check (essential).
- Experience developing outdoor learning, forest school or nature -based sessions (desirable).
- Experience securing funding through grants or partnerships (desirable).
- Knowledge of safeguarding, access and inclusive education frameworks (desirable).
- Experience with digital learning content or blended programmes (desirable).
- Experience in research -informed practice or audience insight (desirable).
To view the full job description, please click here – > Museum of the Home – Senior Learning Producer – JD
Closing date: 5pm Monday 27th April 2026
Interviews: Museum of the Home aims to shortlist and let candidates know by Thursday 30th April.
Interviews will be held in person at the Museum of the Home on Wed 6th and Fri 8th May 2026
