Alton Water Mill Demonstrators are vital in helping people enjoy their visits enhancing their experience. They help to bring the Museum to life, demonstrating, informing and inspiring our visitors and helping them to learn more about everyday life in East Anglia Anglia through our displays, buildings and interaction.
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Becoming part of a friendly and dedicated team
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Meeting people from all walks of life and making new friends
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Improving your communication skills
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Enjoying new experiences and learning something new every day
 Knowing you have made a difference to someone’s day out
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Working in Alton Watermill to assist the Visitor Services team in providing a warm friendly welcome. To be helpful and courteous to all visitors as the public face of the Museum of
East Anglian Life
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Learning about Alton Watermill and Mills in East Anglia
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Learning Pre-running Inspections and Routine Maintenance in accordance with the
Looking after the Watermill Policy
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Learning how to work and run the Waterwheel
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Learning how to maintain and run other machinery within the Watermill
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Learning how to maintain a working Watermill within Health and Safety Policy
 Helping visitors to discover more by answering questions and suggesting ‘don’t miss’ items
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To clean the display buildings in accordance with the Museum's Health and Safety arrangement: Good Housekeeping and Hygiene
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To be familiar and comply with the Museum's Health and Safety policy and arrangements, particularly those concerned with fire, security and first aid. To carry out Health & Safety checks as and when required.
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To be familiar with and comply with all other relevant Museum policies and procedures, and to attend training as and when required.
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To answer questions providing information where possible. To refer difficult questions, complaints, offers of information or possible donations to the appropriate member of staff.
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To be well informed about opening times, events and the nature and location of facilities such as toilets and the café.
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To be alert to the special needs of some visitors and to offer assistance when, in your opinion, it might be helpful

have an enthusiastic and friendly manner, enjoy meeting people, be physically fit, like working inside or outside, operating as part of a team and who are keen to learn.
Your place Museum of East Anglian Life
Time Commitment - Half a day once a week ideally, more if you can. This can be flexible according to your commitments therefore fewer days can be arranged.
Volunteer Manager Visitor Services Manager
Staff Contact (if different) - As above and Visitor Services Officers
Training/Resource As part of your induction you will be inducted to the site and areas of your choice to help equip you for your role. You will also be given all the necessary background information about the role you choose. You will also find out more about the Museum of East
Anglian Life and what is expected of you.
Introduction to the museum
The Museum of East Anglian Life is an independent museum set in a large open site in the centre of Suffolk.
The museum has a collection of historic buildings and objects, a walled garden, landscaped lawns and ponds and much open space including livestock paddocks and a river walk.
The museum and ancient house - Abbot’s Hall were put in trust to display and preserve some of the heritage of rural life in East Anglia , and the collection of machines and buildings provides a link to the history of farming and industry.
It is the duty of the museum to look after the collection of buildings, objects and landscapes and make them accessible to the public. The museum works closely with the local community and encourages participation of all sectors in the running of the museum and events throughout the year.
The Museum of East Anglian Life is a social enterprise sharing the compelling story of East
Anglian lives through historic buildings, collections and landscape. We aim to enrich people’s lives, encouraging enjoyment, learning and participation through our public programs, training and volunteering schemes.
The museum is a space for people to be active, learn new things, look at the world differently, make friends and give something back.

The Museum of East Anglian Life is a social enterprise sharing the compelling story of East
Anglian lives through historic buildings, collections and landscape. We aim to enrich people’s lives, encouraging enjoyment, learning and participation through our public programmes, training and volunteering schemes.
The museum is a space for people to be active, learn new things, look at the world differently, make friends and give something back.
Part of the communities around us, we actively involve people in everything we do, encouraging visitors, volunteers and local people to take part, share ideas and get involved.
We think big. Our enterprising, bold and farsighted ideas influence and enrich people’s lives within and beyond the community. Through our ambition, we help people to achieve theirs.
We share our knowledge of East Anglian heritage, telling the stories of our ancestors through our unique landscape & treasured collections, inspiring a greater sense of place.
We provoke people to think about the world differently, encouraging enjoyment through an immersive, moving and fun experience