Overview
People’s History Museum (PHM) is the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future. We welcome visitors to explore the radical stories of people coming together to champion ideas worth fighting for and be empowered by the past to make a change for the future.
Our Learning Programme is designed to support the development of the confidence, skills, and knowledge needed to be active citizens. We have two creative workshops that do this in different, yet complementary ways. Our Banner making workshop looks at the role of visual arts and collective action in campaigning. Our Oracy & confidence building workshop shows how orators form connections with people to inspire hope and unity.
We are looking for an artist-facilitator to join our freelance team, delivering our regular two hour and three hour Banner making workshop at the museum.
Banner making workshop
Banners are important tools of protest, in this workshop groups take inspiration from the trade union and political banners in the galleries, creating a visually striking collaborative banner they can take away with them.
It is bookable by schools, community groups, and youth groups. Delivery will follow a pre-existing set session plan and resources but will draw on your artistic experience to discuss design techniques used within the banners on display and demonstrate skills that will help them to create their banner.
As well as practical artistic skills, the workshop encourages communication and creative, critical, and collaborative thinking between participants. This is influenced by our continued learning into Philosophy 4 Children (P4C) and other alternative teaching methods.
Fee
Before the first workshop takes place, there will be:
Expressions of interest
Please submit an expression of interest to Jackie Royle, Finance & Operations Officer at hr@phm.org.uk by 11.00pm on Monday 17 November 2025. You can submit an audio or video recording if preferred.
Your expression of interest should include:
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 3 December at the museum.
If you have a preferred method of communication during this process, for example phone call or email, please include this within your expression of interest.
Each application will be assessed against the criteria for the role detailed above. If you have any questions or would like to arrange a chat to discuss the role, please contact the Learning Team via email: learning@phm.org.uk or phone: 0161 838 9190.
Equity
PHM prides itself on being a welcoming and inclusive organisation, profoundly committed to advancing equality and diversity in the broadest sense. We highly value the benefits that diverse perspectives bring to PHM’s mission.
We recognise the museum currently underrepresents people of the global majority, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ people and those with intersecting identities in our workforce; PHM is actively working to address this and encourages applications from these backgrounds. While the successful candidate will be selected purely on merit, in the event of a tie between two candidates with equal experience, we may select a candidate who helps us better represent the communities the museum serves.
Timeline
Applications open: Monday 20 October
Applications close: Monday 17 November at 11.00pm
Shortlisted applicants notified: by Friday 21 November
Interviews: Wednesday 3 December
Induction: Monday 8 December or Thursday 15 December
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