We are team of scientists, artists, education specialists, communicators, retailers, speakers, business planners, writers, and more. We are supported by a band of volunteers, including students, amateur astronomers and gardeners, and a host of partners from festival planners to community organisers, all united by a shared purpose to create wonder.
Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement
Leadership
Director: Professor Teresa Anderson
Head of Operations: Paul Pomfret
Head of Engagement and Interpretation: Julia Riley
Finance and Operations
Visitor Services Facilities Manager: Andy Benson
Facilities Team Leader: Andrew Cox
Visitor Environment Assistants: John Brookes
Executive Assistant to Director: Marie Marshall
Executive Assistant to Head of Operations: Claire Durbar
Finance Administration Officer: Michelle Brooman
Technical Support Officer: Bobby Rawlings
Education and Engagement
Exhibition Officer: Christian Knight
Education Officer: Lexie Southern
UK SKA Outreach Officer: Hilary Kay
Engagement Officers: Ellen Wilson, Leucha Veneer
Explainers: Tom George, Martin Robinson, Rachael Perkins, Joe Bean
Events
Events Production Manager: Lauren Trim
Events Production Assistant: Juliana Gutierrez Ferreira
Venue Hire
Venue Hire Manager: Jennifer Holland
Meeting and Events Duty Manager : Saeed Murtaza
Marketing and Communications
Marketing and Communications Manager: Holly Westwood
Marketing Assistant: Zineb Mafrouz
Group Bookings Officer: Jodie Garside
Visitor Services
Visitor Services Supervisors: Alex Irving-Bell, Lisa Watkins
Visitor Services Assistants: Lesley Woodier, Louise Dobbs, Kerry Jones, Sam Whyte, Rachel Clayton, Diana Reynolds, Hannah Shaw, Judy Burns, Joy Mizunoue and Sue Scott.
Retail and Hospitality
Cultural Enterprises Manager: Amanda Lowndes
Catering Manager: Gareth Dean
Café Supervisor: Hannah Brough
Café Team Leader: TBC
Hospitality Assistants: Zoe Koyne, Katie Cassidy, Oscar Nicholson, Lara Eley, Franco Labella
Volunteer Team
Volunteer Coordinator: Becky Cowie
Volunteers: Linda Barrett, Susan Neesham, Brian Corfield, Philip Beagon, Mark Beech, Susie Weston, Alison Rodwell, Martin Biss, Adrian Tang, Ambra Burls, Stuart Stone, Andrew Leech, Harry Ashley, Eve Roddy.
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
Our science, engineering and other colleagues at Jodrell Bank are part of The University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.
Our Partners
We work in collaboration with a range of partners. These include:
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), The Institute of Physics (IoP), The UK’s Association of Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), The Wellcome Trust, The BBC, Cheshire East Council, Cheshire and Warrington LEP, Cheshire Wildlife Trust, Space4Autism, English Heritage, World Heritage UK, UNESCO UK, Marketing Cheshire, Marketing Manchester, Siemens UK, From the Fields, Engine Number 4, The British Film Institute (BFI), AND Digital and many more.