Jobs
Looking for an out of this world career?
Would you like to join the team at the National Space Centre? Below you will find any current job opportunities listed. If there is nothing listed, then we are afraid we are not currently recruiting.
We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we receive a suitable number of high-quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend that you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.
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Placements
Please do not send unsolicited CVs and due to the nature of our organisation our policy is not to work with employment agencies.
We do not accept general work experience placement requests. Currently we are only able to offer a limited number of selective placements for students from the following courses:
- Travel & Tourism – Diploma, BTEC, HND, degree etc
- Student Teachers – learning outside of the classroom module as a part of degree or PGCE.
Current Vacancies
Trustee
The National Space Centre is a charity with a mission to get people excited about space and help develop the next generation of scientists and engineers. Its activities are overseen by a Board of Trustees who are also directors of the company known as National Space Centre (‘Trustco’).
It has a vacancy for the role of Trustee. To complement the skills of other Trustees, it is interested to hear from people working in the creative industries, the arts and in community initiatives.
East Midlands & South West Regional Project Officer
An East Midlands & South West Regional Project Officer is sought to join the National Space Academy to administer the various deliverables of the Space to Learn Project within the East Midlands and South West regions. The National Space Academy (NSA) provides education programmes, continuing professional development sessions (CPD) and careers events, designed to support schools’ curricula in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) using space as the inspirational context. This ground-breaking initiative combines world class expertise in space science and climate science at leading universities and companies in the UK with a network of outstanding teachers to provide engaging and effective STEM interventions nationally and internationally.
Project Finance Officer
The NSA, having secured funding to run a second iteration of the Space to Learn project from July 2025 – March 2026, are seeking a Finance Officer is sought to support the project. The National Space Academy (NSA) provides education programmes, continuing professional development sessions (CPD) and careers events, designed to support schools’ curricula in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) using space as the inspirational context. This ground-breaking initiative combines world class expertise in space science and climate science at leading universities and companies in the UK with a network of outstanding teachers to provide engaging and effective STEM interventions nationally and internationally.
