Jobs and Volunteering

The Bowes Museum’s a friendly and exciting place to work. With around 70 employees and over 60 volunteers, we’ve a wide range of skills and knowledge in the team and we’re often looking to add to it.

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OPPORTUNITIES

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Volunteer

Thank you so much for your interest in volunteering at The Bowes Museum. We're unable to accept new volunteer applications right now, but we hope to offer some opportunities in the future. We appreciate your enthusiasm and hope you'll check back soon when we reopen applications.

Catering Assistant

Hours: 0 hrs
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £12.71 per hour
Closing Date: Ongoing
Interviews: Arranged via telephone

Food is an important part of how visitors experience The Bowes Museum and its historic setting. We are looking for a Catering Assistant to join our Catering Team, supporting the delivery of a thoughtful, high quality food and drink offer that provides an exceptional visitor experience at the museum.

Working as part of the catering team you will help deliver our food and drink offering for the museum café and events. Your work will contribute directly to creating a warm, welcoming and memorable experience for visitors.

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Travel Trade and Events Coordinator

Hours: 25 hours per week (3 days)
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £27,053 pro rata - £18,279 (actual) per annum
Closing date: 5pm 25th June 2026
Interviews to take place Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd July 2026

As the Bowes Museum enters an exciting period of change, investment and transformation, we are seeking to recruit a Travel Trade and Events Coordinator. The Travel Trade and Events Coordinator plays a key role within the museum’s Events Team, helping to deliver an exceptional customer journey for group visitors, event clients and travel trade partners. You will lead on the travel trade operation promoting, driving and developing group visits to the museum while also support the planning, administration and delivery of the wider events programme across the museum.

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