Accessioning and Cataloguing Archivist Chester, England
Job description
Accessioning and Cataloguing Archivist
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, a shared service of Cheshire West and Chester Council and Cheshire East Council, has recently secured a National Lottery Heritage Fund delivery phase grant to relocate the service to new centres in Chester and Crewe and to deliver easy access to Cheshire's histories.
This one year role will contribute to the effective delivery of our Accredited Archive Service during the first year of our National Lottery Heritage Funded project by providing additional accessioning, appraisal, processing and cataloguing capacity and focussing on critical cataloguing to enable the safe move of collections.
Cheshire West and Chester Council brings a fresh and energetic approach to providing top quality services for its many customers and communities. West Cheshire is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.
We are looking for a qualified archivist to join our experienced team as we prepare for the transformation of our service. This is hands-on dedicated collections focussed role. You will be accessioning and listing collections, preparing them for a move and collaborating closely with our archivists and conservators. The tasks will be varied and challenging and depend on you working flexibly and to tight deadlines.
You will have excellent IT skills, in particular confidence in using Excel and experience in using collection management systems (preferably CALM).
It's important that you have the ability to work on your own initiative with minimum supervision, but also enjoy working within a wider team. We are also looking for someone who has excellent organisational and time management skills, excellent attention to detail and proven ability to maintain a high level of accuracy.
For an informal conversation about the post, please contact Lisa Greenhalgh, Senior Archives Collections Officer Email [email protected] or phone 01244 972560
To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk
No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.
Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £10.90 per hour for all contracted hours.
For any technical enquiries please email [email protected] and quote job reference number in all correspondence.
