Salary: £36,621 pro rata / £18.78 per hour
Hours: 30 hours per week
Duration: This is a permanent role which offers realistic salary progression based on annual reviews.
Alongside your CV, please submit a cover letter highlighting your relevant experience and why you’re interested in this role.
We’re looking for an experienced Project Curator to join National Trust Cymru, supporting projects across some of Wales’ most special places. From historic buildings and collections, to landscapes and gardens, you’ll play a vital role in how we care for and share the stories that make Wales unique.
This is an opportunity to shape how people connect with Welsh places, their history, identity and future, through creative, research-led and engaging projects.
Through your expertise, you’ll help ensure our projects are meaningful, sustainable and rooted in the stories that matter, now and for the future.
Mae cyfieithiad Cymraeg yr hysbyseb hon ar gael yn yr atodiadau.
What it's like to work here:As a Project Curator in Wales, you’ll work across multiple sites in Wales providing knowledge of place, culture and heritage.
You’ll collaborate with colleagues across Wales, from property teams to regional specialists, helping to deliver projects that reflect the richness of Welsh history, language and landscapes, while creating meaningful and inclusive visitor experience's.
Your contractual location will be the National Trust office but our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We’ll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40–60% of your working week. Or for pan-regional roles: As this role covers the Welsh region your contractual location will be the nearest National Trust consultancy office to your home location, but our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We’ll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40–60% of your working week.
- What you'll be doing:Providing expert curatorial advice to project and property teams across Wales
- Using your knowledge of Welsh history, landscapes, collections and culture to inform project development and decision-making
- Shaping interpretation and storytelling, ensuring it reflects the Spirit of Place and resonates with local communities
- Supporting the creation of engaging visitor experiences, including exhibitions, programming and digital content
- Leading or commissioning research, ensuring it is shared and embedded within projects
- Supporting project planning and delivery, including budgets, risks, timelines and resources
- Working with other consultants, contractors and specialists, as needed
- Coaching and supporting colleagues and volunteers to build curatorial skills and confidence
Who we're looking forYou’ll be a collaborative and knowledgeable curator who understands the particular context and opportunities of working in Wales:
- Expertise in areas such as history, art history, archaeology, landscapes or architectural history
- An understanding of Welsh heritage and culture
- Experience of developing interpretation and storytelling that engages diverse audiences
- Knowledge of collections care and conservation standards
- Experience working within project environments, including planning and delivery
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships across a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience of managing budgets, risks and complex projects
- A appetite for connecting people with places and stories
The packageThe National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
- Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
- Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
- Rental deposit loan scheme
- EV car lease scheme (for roles that meet the salary criteria)
- Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
- Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
- Flexible working whenever possible
- Employee assistance programme
- Free parking at most Trust places
Requirements :Compliance.Eligibility to Work in the UK
Permanent p/t (30 hrs pw)
