Assistant Archivist

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

- 354883**Salary**:

- £31,000**Job grade**:

- Other- HL5**Contract type**:

- Fixed term**Length of employment**:

- Until June 2025 with the possibility of extension**Business area**:

- Parliamentary Archives**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- WestminsterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are looking for 2 Assistant Archivists to join the Parliamentary Archives based in the House of Lords. This is a position where you will undertake a full range of Collections Management activities, including accessioning and cataloguing, alongside supporting public access to the Parliamentary Archives through participating in outreach activities, answering enquiries, and searchroom supervision.

Please note the post involves working extensively with Axiell CALM and Preservica, as well as Orangeleaf, CollectionsBase, and Microsoft Excel.

This is an opportunity to work on a hybrid basis depending on business need. This is an exciting opportunity to prepare for one of the biggest changes in our history. The post would suit a methodical, accurate and logical individual, who enjoys working with digital systems and is familiar with working with large amounts of data and archive collections, whatever their format.

**Job description**:
**You’ll be accountable for/to**:

- Support the tracking and management of record locations during moves and offsite storage retrievals.
- Critical re-cataloguing of legacy catalogue entries which are no longer fit for purpose.
- Cataloguing and ingesting a backlog of digitised collections to provide increased public access.
- Undertaking regular uploads of catalogue data to the online catalogue, and deletion of superseded records.
- Accession and catalogue records transferred by Parliamentary departments.
- Contribute to the cataloguing and data cleansing of the circa 300,000 born-digital records exported from Parliament's now decommissioned Electronic Document Records Management System (EDRMS).

**Person specification**:
**What we’re looking for**:

- Experience working in archives.
- Excellent digital skills as working with physical and digital archives.
- Excellent Organisational skills.

**It would be even better if you had or if you’re willing to learn**
- A recognised qualification in Archives and Records Management.

**Benefits**:
**What you’ll get in return**:

- 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one years’ service).
- Generous pension scheme.
- Discounts from well-known brands and retailers.
- Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme.
- The opportunity to witness history in the making

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**Selection process details**:

- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)**Working for the Civil Service**:

- Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.-
**Diversity and Inclusion**:

- The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).- 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**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Natalie WaltersTelephone:
- 020 7219 3868Recruitment team