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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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.

Click on the image above for more information and to apply.

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Producer (Young People & Adults)

Hours: 30 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £22,364.92 actual
Closing date: 8am, Friday 18th September 2026

The Bowes Museum is seeking a creative and proactive Producer (Young People and Adults) to develop and deliver engaging learning programmes, events and projects that connect young people and adults with the museum’s collections, building and parkland. Working collaboratively with colleagues, community groups, partners, artists, designers and makers, the role will champion co-production, build meaningful relationships, and create opportunities that encourage curiosity, creativity and engagement with social, cultural and global issues. The successful candidate will have experience working with young people and adult audiences, strong communication and interpretation skills, and experience of developing programmes, community engagement and commissioning creative practitioners.

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