Role Descriptions
Visitor Experience
Visitor Experience Volunteers welcome visitors to the SS Great Britain and engage them across the site, bringing to life the story of the ship and the passengers and crew who travelled on her.
Ship’s Gardener
Newsletter volunteer
Are you interested in writing and editing? Could you help us create a monthly volunteer newsletter? This role is flexible and can be done remotely. Read more about it here:
Costumed Interpretation Volunteer
Our Costumed Interpretation Volunteers wear period costume on board the ship and in our museums and help bring the SS Great Britain’s stories to life for our visitors.
Education
Inspire schools and families with the history of the SS Great Britain, with a fun and interactive approach.
Our Education Assistant Volunteers help inspire the next generation, through creative, hands-on workshops for schools. These workshops have been designed to engage young people with the history of the ship using fun and interactive approaches and activities. As a volunteer you would enhance these workshops and support the workshop leaders by ensuring the children enjoy the workshops and their visits.
Library and Collections
Our Library Volunteers are the public face of the Library and support the Trust by improving access to the Collection as well as ensuring visitors have an enjoyable experience.
Museum Collection Volunteer
By joining our curatorial team as a Museum Collection Volunteer you will assist with the cataloguing of the SS Great Britain Trust’s collection.
Being Brunel Museum Volunteer
Supporting visitors in Being Brunel to help them get the most out of their time in the museum. Encouraging visitors to interact with the displays. Delivering ‘walk & talks’ to engage visitors with the fascinating stories of Brunel. Sharing additional activities for visitors, such as handling objects or trails.
Community & Engagement
Support us to become a more connected and inclusive museum community.
Community Engagement Volunteers support the delivery of onsite and offsite events, activities and projects with a variety of groups from across Bristol. We aim to keep on building relationships with and learning from the communities that make up our city. We’d like to find new ways that our collections and the stories of Brunel and the SS Great Britain can be of value to people across geography, age, disability, gender, sexuality, faith, socio-economic background and ethnicity.
Please note that this role is ad-hoc and less commitment than the other roles.
Technical Services
Develop and share technical skills to ensure the site is ship-shape for our visitors.
Weather Deck Maintenance Volunteer
Volunteers support with the presentation and maintenance of the ship’s weather deck to enhance the visitor experience.
Musicians
Musician volunteers further bring the experience on the ship to life. We would love for someone to play the piano (or another instrument from the period i.e. harpist) in the Promenade saloon.
Ad-Hoc Roles
We also have some ad-hoc volunteer roles available, including: Holiday activities, discovery talks, tour guiding, and assisting with evening events. Get in touch to find out more!
