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Collections Researcher
2 weeks ago
**Details**:
**Reference number**:
- 246443**Salary**:
- £34,942 - £38,000**Job grade**:
- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:
- Permanent**Business area**:
- TNA - Research and Collections - Research and Academic Engagement**Type of role**:
- Other**Working pattern**:
- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:
- 2Contents
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About the job
**Benefits**:
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Location
- London, London (region), TW9 4DUAbout the job
**Job summary**:
This is an exciting opportunity to join The National Archives’ growing Collections Research team as one of two Collections Researchers, and play a key role in the development and delivery of our new, strategic approach to research. An exciting, varied role, the Collections Researcher will combine research development and support responsibilities, with capacity building and training, and research into The National Archives’ collections, including scoping research, horizon scanning, and development of new projects.
Collaborative working is at the heart of our approach to research; the Collections Researcher will work across departments and engage regularly with external partners from the higher education and cultural sectors to activate new, interdisciplinary insights into The National Archives’ collections, to grow our research capacity, and continue raising our profile as an excellent research organisation.
**Job description**:
- Full job description attached (see below).**Person specification**:
About you:
With a record of research, research management, development, and/or facilitation, you are committed to innovative, cross-disciplinary approaches to collections. You are curious to explore new opportunities and collaborations, and actively seek to enable and support original, cutting-edge research, as well as related programming, academic engagement, and capacity-building activities. A wide-ranging knowledge of trends and debates in arts, humanities and social sciences as well as a commitment to keeping up with new scholarship will be key to the work of the Collections Researcher.
About us:
The National Archives is an Independent Research Organisation, a status awarded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) in recognition of the significance and quality of research we develop and deliver. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research into all aspects of our collections and activities is at the heart of what we do. We work with a range of national and international university, cultural sector, heritage and industry partners on projects engaging collections-based historical research, digital humanities and social sciences, computer science, archival and information science, as well as heritage science and conservation. We are committed to investing in research and researchers, offering innovative doctoral training, developing new partnerships, and seeking new ways to engage research-active audiences.
Within the beautiful surroundings of Kew, a 10-minute walk from Underground and Overground stations, TNA boasts a collegial working environment and the excellent Civil Service benefits package. This includes flexible working, an on-site gym, wellbeing resources and an opportunity to join the Civil Service Alpha Pension Scheme. Putting people at the forefront of our organisation, we are committed to enabling professional development and training for all our colleagues. You would be joining a friendly and passionate team who welcome new and creative approaches and are dedicated to influencing the future of archives and research.
This is a full-time post. However, requests for part-time working, flexible working and job share will be considered, taking into account at all times the operational needs of The National Archives.
A combination of onsite and home working is available; applicants should be able to regularly travel to our Kew site.
**How to apply**:
Essential criteria:
- Postgraduate qualification, or equivalent research experience, in a discipline relevant to The National Archives’ collections.
- Record of developing and delivering innovative collections-based research in the academic or heritage sectors.
- Experience of working collaboratively in or with interdisciplinary teams.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to forge and maintain relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders, including at senior levels.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to publish and present to academic audiences.
- Project management skills, including some experience of developing and delivering academic events and/or programmes.
- Ability to prioritise, to work independently and without supervision in a non-routine role, exercising judgment on when to consult colleagues, and to work well as part of a busy and agile team.
Desirable criteria:
- Experience of working with archives or the broader heritage sector.
- Expertise in envir
