Live Science Team Member

Live Science Team Member

We The Curious Closing date: Mon, 23 Nov 2026

Role: Customer Service
Contract: Permanent
South West

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 "> published -

Job Summary

Live Science Team provide creative, playful, inclusive experiences for people who attend our venue. Enabling excellent visitor experience and supporting the other Live Science Team Members will be your priority.

Job Description

Live Science Team provide creative, playful, inclusive experiences for people who attend our venue. Enabling excellent visitor experience and supporting the other Live Science Team Members will be your priority.

Within our venue you will be presenting shows, facilitating hands-on activities, starting conversations among exhibits and helping people to get involved by sparking curiosity, creating fun and promoting the value of people's opinions and life experiences.

Live Science team is responsible for the safety of our visitors whilst they are in our venue. To achieve this you will be required to follow our safeguarding and evacuation procedures, encourage safe use of our exhibit spaces, and adhere to risk assessments for all activities we deliver.

In our ground-breaking Open City Research activities, you will be the link between our research partners and our visitors, explaining the background of real science research and helping them to participate.

Our venue and events are attended by lots of different people and age groups, but our main audience is families, so you should be confident working with children (aged 3-11 years) and young people, as well as being comfortable encouraging adults to get involved in the fun!

Job Requirements

_You have previous experience in customer service, or working with a public audience, and are confident working with the public and being in a public facing role

_You will have excellent communication skills, and be able to engage both individuals and groups of people

_You feel confident presenting to large groups of people and facilitating activities with diverse audiences

_You have excellent listening skills and an understanding of visitor needs and expectations and have a positive attitude to solving problems and handling customer issues.

_You can find starting points for conversations on a wide variety of topics and adapt to people of different backgrounds, age, ability and interests

_You are confident learning and retaining information; including simple scientific concepts to present as part of activities or shows

_You are comfortable adapting to quickly changing circumstances, and are resilient to unexpected challenges

Job Responsibilities

_You will provide playful and inclusive experiences to our visitors. You will present in our programme spaces, such as our kitchen space, the Theatre of Curiosity, the Studio, our 3D Planetarium, and the Open City Lab: a space where visitors can get involved in real research

_In these spaces you will lead story-telling, demonstrations, explanations and hands-on activities. It can include working with simple robots, chemicals, toys, food, plants and bespoke equipment such as smoke machines.

_You will be at hand amongst the exhibits to start conversations and spark curiosity in our visitors. You will use your knowledge and passion for discovery to encourage interactions between yourself and visitors, and get visitors involved with an exhibit or activity. You will adapt to the needs of the diverse range of individuals who visit We The Curious.

_You will take initiative to assist visitors and co-workers whenever they need it. Using a two-way radio and earpiece to communicate.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: Live Science Team Member
  • Salary: £15k-£20k (pro-rata)
  • Hours: Part time
  • Role: Customer Service
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Closing date: Mon, 23 Nov 2026
  • Location:
    South West
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Job: Live Science Team Member

Job: Live Science Team Member

Organisation: We The Curious

Postcode: BS1 5DB

How to Apply

Deadline for applications: 11:59pm on Monday 23rd November 2026
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Interview date and location: Friday 11th December at We the Curious
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Start date: Tuesday 12th January 2027
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Application process:

If you would like to apply, please complete the application form. It contains four questions designed to assess your interest in and suitability for the role.

Please don't send in CVs or cover letters as we don't review them.

The interview process for this role will include a workshop style format, and a chance for you to present to the panel 1-1. We want this to be a relaxed process, and we want you to feel as welcome and comfortable as possible.

We appreciate interviews can be stressful, so if you are invited for interview, we’ll send you the structure of the workshop, the presentation brief, and the questions that you’ll be asked beforehand so that you have time to prepare.

If you have any particular needs or requirements, please do let us know by emailing [email protected].