Role: Assistant Youth Facilitator (Freelance)

Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) explores our relationship with the sea, space, and Britain’s role in world history. Our youth programme uses RMG’s collections and themes to create engaging and accessible programmes with and for young people aged 13 to 25.

We’re looking for a kind, organised, and child-centred Assistant Facilitator to support workshop delivery alongside the Lead Facilitator. You will support all aspects of workshop delivery, including:

• Set-up, take-down, and organising materials
• Manage participant registration, the safe sign-in and release of young people
• Liaising with parents/guardians
• Work directly with young people, supporting them to take part and build positive peer relationships
• Provide individualised support for different learning styles and young people with learning or access support needs

This entry-level, supporting role, is aimed at providing a paid development opportunity for someone at the start of their career, who would like more experience in youth and facilitation work in the heritage sector. If you haven’t done a role like this before - maybe you are starting out or maybe you are interested in a career change - transferable skills learned from public facing, voluntary, community, or customer service roles are welcome and valued.

Please make sure that you can provide evidence of your eligibility to live and work in the UK before applying for a freelancer opportunity with RMG.

Young Carnival Creators

From June to August, you’ll support Lead Facilitator Cee Boulaqui of Vibrance Mas, working with young people aged 13-17 to create their own Carnival costumes inspired by sound system culture and migration. Together you’ll deliver creative workshops, guiding participants to make their own carnival costume using recycled materials to create bold pieces that tell a story or celebrate their own heritage and identity. The project will finish with a performance on the judging stage at Notting Hill Carnival 2026, a trip you will also support on the day. Read more about Young Carnival Creators here.

Saturday Art Club 

There is potential to extend this role to include Saturday Art Club, and we will discuss this with you in August. Part of the National Saturday Club Network, Saturday Art Club is a free weekly creative workshop for 13–16-year-olds at the National Maritime Museum. It’s a chance to try new techniques, visit other cultural venues, and make friends. Our members sometimes have experience of poor mental health and have shared that art club reduces loneliness, creates a sense of belonging, and is a place to process their feelings creatively. Read more about Saturday Art Club here.

• Workshops delivered: Jun to Aug 2026, possible extension Sep 2026 to Mar 2027 – see ‘schedule’ below for workshop dates
• Workshop location: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and scheduled offsite visits to other London locations
• Fee: £4,590 – see ‘schedule’ below for breakdown (this is a freelance contract)
• Deadline: 9am, Tues 9 June
• Interviews: Week beginning Mon 15 Jun
• Induction Day: Week beginning Mon 22 Jun

We especially welcome applications from people with Caribbean heritage and those who feel a personal connection to the project’s themes of migration, sound system culture, Notting Hill Carnival, and the Windrush Generation.

Essential criteria

• Some experience of working/volunteering with young people aged 13-17 years in a museum, gallery or other arts, community and/or cultural setting or able to demonstrate relevant transferable experiences
• Some understanding or enthusiastic to learn more about identifying and responding to safeguarding disclosures and concerns, including those related to mental health. 
• Committed to working in a child-centred way by adapting facilitation style to be guided by young people’s interests, ideas, and support needs. 
• Understands barriers that can prevent young people from accessing creative activities and museums. 
• Comfortable working in a team – working collaboratively and taking direction. 
• An interest in arts/culture and supporting young people to experience art in different ways.  
• Holder of Enhanced DBS on the update service or consenting to RMG conducting a check.

Desirable

• Some experience in a range of 2D and 3D artistic practices e.g. photography, textile, sculpture, painting, printing, sketching, collaging, etc. 
• Some experience of using visual arts to interpret collections and histories. 
• Some experience of assisting artists/facilitators in workshops or learning environments.
• First Aid qualification, issued within last 12 months. 

Young Carnival Creators session dates

All Wednesdays in July (1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 July)
All Wednesdays in August (5, 12, 19 and 26 August)
For these dates, sessions run 5-7pm and you will be needed to work onsite from 2.30-8pm

Saturday Art Club session dates 

The Saturday Art Club sessions run 10am-1pm, with set up and take down either side e.g. 9am-2pm

This breakdown is based on the RMG Engagement freelancer pay rates. 

For both projects, travel expenses (up to £10 per return journey) available for any offside trips or visits (must provide receipt). £4,590 broken down as: 

To apply, please complete this online form. You can choose to write your answers or to provide a video or audio recording of your answers.

If you can't access the form or need to apply in a different way, contact us. 

Please read the job description and person specification before applying. Successful applicants will be invited to an online or in-person interview, with questions sent in advance. A decision will be made following interviews.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work, 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.  

If you have any questions about the youth programme or application process, including if you’d like to discuss reasonable adjustments, access requirements, or applying in a different format, please contact us. 

Email: Youngpeople@rmg.co.uk

Text/phone: 07907 711159 

Your question will be handled by Amy, our Youth Programme Producer. Amy's pronouns are she/they.