Assistant Archives Officer

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom The National Archives Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 252115**Salary**:

- £26,589**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- TNA - Digital - Cataloguing, Taxonomy and Data**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- London, London (region), TW9 4DUAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**Assistant Archives Officer Job-share (Permanent)**

**(28 hours in 4 days per week)**

Based in the Cataloguing, Taxonomy and Data team, the Assistant Archives Officers help us to maintain The National Archives’ online catalogue. You will be involved in the processing of data for records transferred by government departments and for Freedom of Information releases. This role also contributes to cataloguing and data enhancement projects, including suggestions submitted by the public, and provides administrative support to the team.

A combination of onsite and home working is available and applicants should be able to regularly travel to our Kew site, just 10 minutes’ walk from Kew Gardens station.

You can expect an excellent range of benefits including a Civil Service pension, wellbeing resources including an on-site gym and a range of discounts and subsidies.

**Job description**:

- Full Job Description available - see below

**Person specification**:

- Experience of working in the archives, information or heritage sectors (or demonstrable interest).
- Experience of cataloguing or editing online content, or demonstrable ability to summarise information coherently and accurately from a variety of manuscript, printed and digital sources
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), with the ability to explain cataloguing information and engage with colleagues from other departments.
- Ability to identify inaccuracies and mistakes in catalogue data, with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good organisational skills with the ability to work efficiently, sharing responsibility for meeting deadlines and with a strong focus on delivering results that benefit The National Archives public service

**Benefits**:

- Generous benefits package, including pension, sports and social club facilities, onsite gym, discounted rates at our on-site cafe and opportunities for training and development.

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:
Reasonable adjustments:
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.-
- The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.- This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
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