Opportunities

Job Opportunities

Archive Assistant 

Interested in developing your career in archives management? Keen to contribute to delivering a high quality service to archive users, and a great communicator?

The Sedgwick Museum has a vacancy for an Archive Assistant to join the Museum team. This new role provides an exciting opportunity to work alongside the Museum Archivist, and contribute to the development and promotion of the Museum's archive as an international focus for collections research. Duties include documentation, contributing to the care of the archives, assisting with collections enquiries, and enabling researchers to access and use the archives and promoting their use. 

Further details and where to apply can be found here.

Volunteering

Are you interested in Earth sciences? Love museums and want to get involved? Or maybe you are looking to build your CV, be part of a team and get to know more people. Volunteering might be for you! We have regular opportunities for volunteering at the Museum throughout the year - all the details can be found here.

Work Experience

The Museum actively participates in annual work experience initiatives as part of the University Cambridge Museums group. We aim to provide targeted opportunities for the local community via UCM and for neurodiverse students (direct applications welcome) each year. 

Update for 2025: The Museum is not currently taking any further work experience students for this year. We encourage all students to consider volunteering at the Sedgwick Museum or other UCMs as an alternative way to get involved. 

Check out Volunteer Makers for all UCM volunteer opportunities

Students and Studying

Further information about studying in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge and how the Museum works with students can be found here