Royal Museums Greenwich is a collection of diverse historical sites. The sites are the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House. Each of these sites has a unique identity and a common purpose to serve our communities, through sharing our collections and expertise. We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts people at the core of its success.

The Astronomy Engagement department is based at the Royal Observatory Greenwich and undertakes a wide range of science communication and engagement programmes and activities for Public and Educational audiences. Reporting to the Planetarium Astronomer, or Senior Planetarium Astronomer, the Astronomy Presenter primarily focuses on delivering planetariums shows and other astronomy programmes. Key responsibilities include developing and maintaining up to date knowledge in astronomy and astrophysics and awareness of current relevant news stories to ensure science content delivered to audiences is accurate.

The successful candidate will need to have a degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) subject or astronomy related FE qualifications., excellent knowledge of astrophysics/astronomy and space science, and excellent presentation skills, with the ability to learn new material quickly and present it confidently to a wide range of audiences. An understanding of the national curriculum for science in the UK and experience of working with children, professionally or voluntarily, is essential. The postholder will have experience of working with a wide range of audiences, with an emphasis on school students and SEND audiences.

This is a zero-hours, casual worker role in band 6 – Management and Technical Specialists. The postholder would need to be available to take up shifts mainly taking place in the evenings or on weekends, as well as weekdays throughout term-time and holidays. Work opportunities will be relatively frequent but irregular and will usually be offered 1 month in advance. The post-holder will be required to work 3-6 hours on any given day, with breaks provided for those working 4 hours or more.

Salary: £15.17 per hour

We encourage you to read the attached job description and recruitment pack before applying for this role.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirit of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone. 

We actively work with Disability Confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments you need or things you would like us to know during the interview process, which may include being provided the interview questions in advance, requiring a step free interview space, that you are eye-contact avoidant, or having the interview questions in a written format or additional time in timed tests, interviews or other assessment activities.