It's the perfect post for a seasoned Hampshire swimmer looking to 'scale up' the career ladder. 

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is recruiting a Head of Mermaid Relations to help manage increased demand from visitors.

Following the huge box-office success of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, ‘Mermaidcore’ Tiktok trend and Netflix documentary series MerPeople, the visitor attraction has created the role to help train staff in response to a volume of increased enquiries from visitors about mermaids.

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The organisation is seeking professional mermaids, mermen or merpeople. Applicants must be comfortable in costume, and have in depth mermaid knowledge.

But, due to Portsmouth being a working harbour, luring sailors off course will not be tolerated!

A wave of applications from adventurous sea lovers is expected. 

Sharna Bennett, from Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, said: "The Mermaid theme has really made a splash this summer and we’ve seen huge increased demand from visitors wanting to know more about their favourite ocean characters."

Apply at historicdockyard.co.uk/jobs-and-volunteering/