We're looking for a part-time National Curator to join the National Trust on a fixed-term contract until September 2028. As part of our national curatorial team, you'll contribute to a ground-breaking partnership research project with the University of Bristol, INTO, and affiliate members. The project explores plants, gardens, and outdoor spaces as living histories, finding creative ways to share and memorialise these stories.
What it's like to work here
You'll collaborate with National Trust colleagues and external partners, both online and in person. This role involves connecting, enabling, and managing tasks and relationships, with opportunities to travel to offices, properties, and partner organisations to engage with stakeholders and carry out work.
Your contractual location will be our head office in Swindon and there will be an expectation for you to attend the office. However, there is flexibility on where you’re based at other times. You’ll be required to work at a National Trust location for 40-60% of your working week. This will be discussed in more detail at interview.
What you'll be doing
You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering the research project Plants, Enslavement and Public History: Re-imagining green spaces as places of heritage and healing. Collaborating closely with lead researchers from the University of Bristol and INTO partners, you’ll help facilitate effective teamwork ac...