Level: 4a
Salary: £27,000 per annum FTE
Location: Milestones Museum, Basingstoke
Hours: Flexible Contracts from 7 to 37 hours per week available, including regular weekends
Type of Contract: Permanent, Fixed Term and Casual opportunities available
Can you bring Milestones Museum to life?
We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic actors to join our team and help create unforgettable experiences for at Milestones Museum. This is a highly interactive role, combining scripted performances, improvisation and audience engagement to bring stories and characters to life.
You’ll support our daily visitor offer and exciting programme of events, productions and family experiences throughout the year. During term-time, you’ll also support delivering our immersive schools programme, working with children to create engaging, memorable learning experiences
A bit about you
You’ll be a professional actor with strong performance skills, excellent improvisation abilities and a natural talent for captivating large audiences. You’ll enjoy working with children and are confident adapting your performance to suit different ages, groups and environments.
You will bring enthusiasm, creativity and a collaborative approach, with a passion for creating immersive experiences that engages, entertains and inspires and brings Milestones Museum to life. Also, you will be able to learn some history facts and information about our stories to share with our visitors.
At Hampshire Cultural Trust we have a vision to create inspirational culture experiences that enrich and transform lives. We manage and support 20+ attractions and deliver county-wide outreach programmes that bring great culture to local communities. We also deliver a diverse range of wider social impact initiatives targeted at those who are most vulnerable or disadvantaged and who would not usually have access to arts and culture.
We promote equity, inclusion and diversity and a culture that actively values difference. We recognise that people from different backgrounds and experiences can enhance the way we perform and work and we encourage and support the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our staff.
We are inclusive, valuing, and respectful of diversity, developing the ability to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Therefore, we are committed to implementing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities in our recruitment process and in employment.
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25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro-rated for part time working)
- 5% Employer pension contributions
- Generous occupational maternity, adoption and paternity pay
- Enhanced occupational sick pay
- Generous compassionate leave scheme
- Paid emergency leave
- Industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to same day GP appointments for employees and their immediate family
- Life assurance scheme (x3 annual salary)
- Interest-free Season ticket loans and travel loans from first day of employment
- Charity Worker Discounts Scheme (savings on retail, leisure, groceries, travel etc.)
- Access to free eye tests and vouchers towards glasses for VDU use
- Free flu vaccination vouchers
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Health Cash Plan (cashback on dental, optical, medical for monthly subscription cost)
- Opportunities to learn, develop and progress
- Free tea and coffee
- Team Card - Free access to venues for friends and family, and discounts across café and retail
To apply please fill in the application form with an up-to-date CV. We do not require covering letters for this position however would be grateful to receive context to your application please include links to your spotlight or other professional portfolio.
Closing date for applications: 7 July 2026
MS Teams Catch Up Meetings: W/C 8 July 2026
Date of Auditions: 20 July 2026
To find out more about us visit our website www.hampshireculture.org.uk and https://careers.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/
If you have any queries relating to the recruitment process, email
[email protected] or call our enquiries line on 01962 398412.
