Salary
- £35,430.00 per annum
- Job Reference
- eton/TP/26034/1062
- Contract Type
- 52 weeks, Full Time, Permanent
- Working Hours
- 35 hours per week
- Closing Date
- 03 July, 2024
- Job Category
- Operations
- Business Unit
- Collections
- Location
- Eton College, United Kingdom
- Posted on
- 11 June, 2024

**Role Introduction**:
Eton College seeks to recruit an archivist to support the College Archivist. Core duties will include the appraisal, transfer and cataloguing of the College's contemporary administrative records; the management of the College’s digital archive, using Preservica; answering enquiries and facilitating researchers; and supervising a graduate trainee and volunteers.

The College Archives is the final repository for the historical records of Eton College, preserving and making available the official records of the college’s activities and administration from its foundation in 1440 to the present day. The College Archives is also rich in medieval records which pre-date the founding of the College, due to the estates gifted to Eton by Henry VI. The archives are mainly concerned with administrative matters until the mid-19th century, when records relating to the school become increasingly dominant. In addition to the college’s own archives there is an extensive collection of donated material relating to school life such as letters home, diaries of school days and reminiscences.

Eton College prides itself on a warm and friendly community, where staff are valued and offered an outstanding working environment amidst beautiful surroundings, including a wide range of benefits.

**Working pattern**

This is a full-time, permanent position, 52 weeks of the year (inclusive of 5.8 weeks paid holiday entitlement).

Working hours will be 35 hours a week, working 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday.

Flexibility is required as the nature of this post requires some evening and weekend hours, which will be scheduled in advance in consultation with the post holder and for which time off in lieu will be given.

**Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 15th July 2024**

**Main Duties**:
**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**
- To ensure appropriate modern-day material is kept for archive purposes, in line with the College’s retention schedule;
- To promote good records management across the College, in conjunction with the College Archivist;
- To catalogue modern-day material on its transfer to the archives;
- To manage the digital archive, including the appraisal, ingest and cataloguing of born-digital records, using Preservica;
- To answer enquiries from College pupils, staff and members of the public;
- To make the archives available to readers by producing archival material for consultation, supervising its use and providing advice;
- To maintain the social media presence of the College Archives;
- To participate in the development of online content;
- Line management responsibility for the Archives Assistant;
- To assist generally with the work of the College Collections through co-operation with other members of the Collections staff

**Safeguarding**
- Commitment to and promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion;
- All positions at Eton are classed as ‘regulated activity’ as per the Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 guidance, therefore a good understanding of safeguarding procedures is essential;
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, including but not limited to, completing safeguarding training as required, and ensuring any safeguarding updates issued by the College are read and understood;
- Understand and comply with procedures and legislation relating to confidentiality.

**Additional**
- Carry out any other duties appropriate to the post and in line with the needs of the Collections.

To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to demonstrate the following;
**Essential**
- A recognised archives qualification, or working towards one;
- Knowledge of records management and archival standards and experience managing digital archives;
- Experience of managing digital archives or a willingness to engage with this area of work;
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, both written and spoken;
- Excellent customer service skills along with an understanding of research skills in order to help users access materials;
- A logical approach to the work of identification and classification;
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage a wide range of tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines;
- Strong IT skills, including ability to use the Microsoft Office suite;
- Adaptability, flexibility and attention to detail and accuracy;
- Ability to work as part of a team, use own initiative and organise own workload;
- The ability to skim and understand an extensive and varied range of material;
- Competence in administrative procedures and project management ability;
- Knowledge of the data protection