Trainee Curator

Role: Trainee Curator

Salary: Minimum Wage (£23,810 pro rata)

Working Hours: 2 days per week up until 31st December 2025

Application Deadline: Monday 16^th June, 9am

Interview dates: 23rd or 25th June

Summary:

The World of Glass is more than a place to preserve the past. It’s a cultural and community space – somewhere to feel connected with our history and at the heart of a bold new vision for the future. We tell the stories of the people and industry that shaped St Helens. It’s a story that continues to inspire through culture and education.

From family days out to school trips and adult learning, The World of Glass celebrates hundreds of years of St Helens culture and heritage in just one visit.

We have received funding to employ a Trainee Curator until the end of December 2025. Due to funding restrictions applicants must be a resident of St Helens Borough.

Job Description:

This role offers an opportunity to work with our fascinating collections and to develop a career in heritage and culture. The post-holder will support the Curator in the development and delivery of a variety of exhibitions; supporting the maintenance and care, research, display and interpretation of the museum collections held at The World of Glass.

Reporting to the museum’s Curator, you will:

• Assist with the planning and delivery of temporary exhibitions
• Assist the Curator with the care and conservation of the collections
• Assist the curator and working with colleagues to ensure museum standards are maintained throughout the museum.
• Assist in the research of potential loans and acquisitions
• Help to catalogue the collection to SPECTRUM standards
• Undertake research into the collections
• Assist students, researchers and members of the public with enquiries about the Museum’s collections.

Job Requirements:

To be successful in this role you would need to:

• Be a St Helens Borough resident.
• Be aged 18+ years
• Be enthusiastic and passionate about cultural heritage and public engagement.
• Able to work inclusively and collaboratively.
• Have an interest in industrial heritage and /or art and culture
• Ideally, we are looking for someone who has previous experience working or volunteering in a museum, gallery, or other visitor attraction or cultural establishment, but this is not essential.

How to Apply:

Please submit an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement to Hannah Billinge via email to curator@worldofglass.com.   The supporting statement can be in any format e.g. written, visual, video and should highlight why you are applying for the role and the skills and experience you feel that you would bring to our team.

For the full Job Description and any queries about the role get in touch with Hannah on curator@worldofglass.com or 0174422766.

Deadline for applications: Monday 16^th June, 9am

Contractor Needed to Update our Public Toilets

The World of Glass in St Helens is seeking suppliers to quote by 30^th January 2025 to fully refurbish our public toilets.

The World of Glass has been a visitor attraction in St Helens for nearly 25 years. It was opened in March 2000 as a groundbreaking Millenium project.  On top of housing a nationally significant glass collection and St Helens Council’s social and industrial history collection, the visitor centre also is home to the town’s library, community spaces, galleries, meeting rooms, a café, shop and live glass blowing demonstrations.

The public toilets within the visitor centre have not been refurbished since first opening in 2000.  We are looking for contractors to quote to fully refurbish the ground floor ladies, men’s and disabled toilets as well as lighter touch cosmetic uplift in the first floor ladies and men’s.

We envisage the work will be carried out before October 2025.

If you are interested in finding out more, or to arrange a visit, please contact Mark Peel, Facilities Manager on : mpeel@worldofglass.com or 01744 22766

VOLUNTEERS

We are always looking for volunteers to help. Vacancies in the cafe, museum and events/education. While we cannot pay, we can help with your travel costs and provide you with a tasty meal.

email volunteering@worldofglass.com for further information.