About Us

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.

Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.

We employ 900 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world.

Diversity and inclusion matter to us.

Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment.

We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.

About the role

Are you passionate about telling compelling stories that inspire people from all walks of life to engage with science and nature on a global scale? Do you believe in a future where both people and the planet can thrive?

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented writer looking to develop their skills and experience creating user-focused digital content at one of the world’s best loved museums. We’re looking for a Junior Content Producer to support the Digital Content team at the Natural History Museum, with a 12-month fixed term contract starting January 2025. The role is suitable for a recent graduate or early-career content professional with the ability to turn out excellent digital content at pace.

Reporting to the Digital Content Manager, the Junior Content Producer will research, write, edit and design content that supports digital audiences, primarily for our website. This will include people planning a visit to the Natural History Museum, as well as those whose goal is to learn more about nature. In doing so, the postholder will help inspire a love of nature and increased visitation to the Museum.

The role offers the opportunity to collaborate with scientists who are leaders in their fields, alongside other writers, video producers, marketers and communications teams to source, research, develop and write content about the Museum's scientific research, collections and visitor offer.

This post sits within the Communications, Digital, Marketing & Publishing department. You will be part of the Digital Content team as well as an agile, multidisciplinary product team.

About you

You are a creative and talented writer, with at least some experience of writing for a public, digital audience. You are excited about the challenge of creating the best possible experience for digital audiences and curious to learn as much as you can from audience research and data about user behaviour, needs and preferences. You are passionate about ensuring that the content you create is accessible, inclusive and approachable.

You have excellent communication skills. You are comfortable sharing content plans with senior stakeholders and with sharing work in progress with content colleagues early and often. You are a supportive teammate, happy to share feedback and support to other digital content creators. Your excellent interpersonal skills include a natural ability for diplomacy, collaboration and negotiation with staff at all levels of seniority.

You are excited about the Natural History Museum's mission and committed to the Thriving at the Museum behaviours we all focus on to help us get there. You are looking for a workplace in which you can be an active, contributing member to a supportive, ambitious team that is focused on constant learning, reflection and improvement, including around making our working environment as inclusive and accessible as possible.

You are willing to work hard and take risks, knowing you will be supported by the team around you to meet ambitious goals for content quality and output. You maintain a positive attitude, with a high degree of integrity and professionalism and the ability to remain composed under pressure. You are excited to learn and get as much out of your experience at work as you put in.

Thriving at the Museum: the way we work

We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. This sits alongside the Museum’s values and forms the framework for the way we work.

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What we offer

27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)
Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)
Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan
Life insurance
Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.
Staff discount at our Museum shops and cafes
We offer a wide variety of training initiatives and opportunities to build skills. Investing in staff development is important to us, and we are ambitious about helping staff to grow and fulfil their potential.
Affordable membership to the Civil Service Sports Council which offers a range of benefits including an extensive list of special offers and reduced entry fees at a selection of cinema chains, theme parks, theatres, retailers and supermarkets. It also provides entry to up to 300 English Heritage sites and other national treasures. For more details, visit https://www.cssc.co.uk
Membership to our Sports and Social Association (for a small fee), which includes access to our in-house gym and clubs such as football, softball, table tennis and tennis and classes in Middle Eastern dance, yoga and Tai Chi

Hybrid working

We are working towards a vision where both people and planet thrive, and nothing gives a greater connection with this, than seeing first-hand, the visitors, scientific research and collections that all of our work is inspired by and working side by side with the teams delivering the visitor experience and events. We also recognise the benefits and flexibility that hybrid working brings. We operate a hybrid working model that requires regular, weekly attendance for this role, with the precise pattern of days on site and worked from home to be agreed with your manager.

How to apply

If this sounds like you, please apply below by clicking on Apply for job.

Please note that as part of our commitment to anonymised shortlisting, panels do not view CVs during the recruitment process. If you choose to upload your CV, our system will automatically pull information from your CV into our application form. We advise you to double-check your application form data before submitting as the tool may interpret CVs differently.

Closing date: 23:59 on 15 December 2024

Interviews expected: w/c 6 January

Please note that this role does not qualify for Museum sponsorship so the successful postholder will need to have a valid right to work in the UK at the point of offer.

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