Archive Officer

2 weeks ago


Wareham, United Kingdom The Tank Museum Full time

Archive Officer

Salary - £22,790 pro/rata

Contract - Permanent, Part Time

Hours - 22.5 hours per week (3 days)

Closing date: 11:00 pm 16th April.

This is an exciting opportunity to join The Tank Museum as an Archive Officer.

The Supporting Collection houses the Museum’s object collection with the exception of vehicles. It spans four stores and includes, amongst other items, uniforms, medals, flags, weapons, ammunition, models, art, radios and technical instruments. The Archive & Supporting Collections team consists of 7 persons and manages and cares for both the Archive & Supporting Collection.

The Archive Officer will play an essential role in answering visitor enquiries and will be a first point of contact for researchers wishing to visit the Archive’s Reading Room to carry out on-site research. The post-holder will catalogue physical and digital archival collections using our TRACER collections database. They will also be involved in digitisation projects and assist in all aspects of archival collection care.

**Salary**: £22,790.00 per year

Reference ID: 2M-MM16485