Pay: £13.65 per hour + holiday pay
Hours: Full-time/ Short-term contracts (festival period)
Location: National Museum of Scotland
We are looking Team Leaders to join our Festival Team from 12 - 23 April 2026!
As a Team Leader with Edinburgh Science Festival, you will play a key role in delivering the Festival's family programme at our flagship venue, the National Museum of Scotland. High-quality science communication is at the heart of Edinburgh Science, and our science communication team are our ambassadors.
You will lead a team of 2-5 Science Communicators during workshops in the second half of the Festival and school sessions.
Your responsibilities will include:
Overseeing all aspects of your designated event and its physical space.
Ensuring workshops are delivered to Edinburgh Science's high standards.
Delivering engaging science communication and excellent customer service.
About you:
You will have confident communication skills, a passion for excellent customer service and be a quick learner, comfortable with scientific information. You will have an outgoing, friendly approach and enjoy working with children aged 3-15 and their families. Experience in Science Communication with family audiences in a festival setting or science centre context is essential. Some supervisory or team management experience is highly desirable. A background in theatre or performing arts would also be beneficial and a flexible, energetic approach to managing small teams is key.
You must be available to work full-time for all of the following the dates:
Click the link below to visit our dedicated careers portal. Please note that only applications submitted via our careers portal will be considered.
The closing date for applications is: Sunday 1 February, 11:59PM
Interview period from: Monday 9 Feb - Wednesday 18 Feb 2026
Please note: By the start of any employment with Edinburgh Science, you must have the right to work in the UK and documentary evidence to support this.
At Edinburgh Science we welcome applications from all backgrounds because we believe that bringing together people with different perspectives, ideas and experiences always leads to better discussions, decisions and results.
Science Communicators, Edinburgh Science Festival 2026Pay: £12.60 per hour + holiday pay
Hours: full-time / short term contracts (festival period, including weekends)
Location: National Museum of Scotland
We are looking for enthusiastic Science Communicators to join our Festival Team from 4 -23 April 2026
Event crew and Technicians - Edinburgh Science Festival 2026Pay: Industry competitive salary
Hours: Part Time
Duration: Temporary, fixed-term contracts, 1 February - 5 June 2026
Start: 1 February 2026 onwards
Work Location: Edinburgh Science offices, warehouses, venues across Edinburgh
We are seeking interest and CVs from crew, technicians, and production staff with experience in preparation, installation, de-rig, and live operations within a festival and live event setting. As part of our network of contractors, you will support Edinburgh Science as we deliver our multi-disciplinary programme, including our flagship festival in April 2026 and our Generation Science schools touring program. Additional work is also available supporting the general operations of the organisation.
Edinburgh Science Foundation is an educational charity that inspires people of all ages and backgrounds around the world to experience the wonder of science and technology. Best known for Edinburgh's annual Science Festival - the world's first science festival and still one of the world's largest - and for our Learning programmes that sees Generation Science tour Scotland and bring science to life in classrooms throughout the year and promotes STEM careers to teens through initiatives such as Careers Hive. An increasing worldwide element shares our content, passion and expertise more widely through an extensive portfolio of international projects.
Our mission is to inspire, encourage and challenge people of all ages and backgrounds to explore, understand and engage with the world around them and to communicate the educational, social and economic benefits of science and technology.
Our language is that of live experiences that amaze, inform and entertain in equal measure. We put the customer first whether they are the public, school teacher or pupil. We want to be the best before we are the largest. We thrive on creativity, rely upon professionalism and insist on accuracy. We believe in testing what we do assuming that rarely can an event not be improved. We respect and nurture the partnerships on which we depend for support, people and ideas. We know we are only as good as the people we work with and so value them all, here and abroad.