Archivist

Salary £32,020 - £36,298 per annum | Full time | Permanent | 37 hours per week | Accrington |

**Archivist (Local Studies) - Keeping East Lancashire in the Picture, Grade 8**

**Our service**

Lancashire Archives and Local History cares for 900 years of the county’s history. Millions of items are stored on 9 miles of shelving in the strongrooms in Preston. Our collections include everything from medieval parchments to digital sound recordings. We collect and preserve archives so that Lancashire’s stories will be told in the future and to ensure they are also available for everyone to use and enjoy today. We are an Accredited Archive Service and we are supported by an amazing team of volunteers and the Friends of Lancashire Archives.

Lancashire Archives forms part of Lancashire County Council's Cultural Services, which also includes the Lancashire Library Service, operating around the County and offering a range of services including access to local history collections maintained and accessed within library buildings.

**The project**

A grant of £192000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and a further £30000 from the Friends of Lancashire Archives, means we can get our exciting new project - Keeping East Lancashire in the Picture - off the ground.

Over the next two years the project will make the collections of historic photographs in East Lancashire Libraries more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable. We want to use the common ground provided by a shared local history to bring people together in Burnley, Pendle and Hyndburn. Participants will be encouraged to **Explore **our collections and supported to **Create **new images and to **Share **the old and new with the wider community.

Key features:

- 4 library project hubs: Nelson, Colne, Burnley, Accrington
- 75 digitisation and research volunteers working on the collections
- a programme of events in Burnley, Pendle and Hyndburn
- active engagement with South Asian heritage community groups, primary schools, local photographic societies and local communities generally
- 1000s of new images created showing life in East Lancashire now
- legacy planning for a county-wide roll-out of improved collections development

**The role**

To secure the required project outcomes, they will
- develop policies, procedures, and guidelines for managing historic photographic collections
- work with Lancashire Volunteer Partnership to recruit volunteers
- train, plan work for, and support volunteers and celebrate their successes
- develop, plan and deliver an inclusive and stimulating engagement programme based on the photographic collections. This will include school sessions, exhibitions and activities and events
- monitor and evaluate the project, providing updates to key stakeholders
- work effectively with project partners and identify new opportunities for engaging groups and individuals with the project

**About you**

If you would like an informal discussion or any further information, please contact David Tilsley (01772 533031) or Alex Miller (01772 539076)

**Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.**

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

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