Archives Assistant Caernarfon, Wales
Job description
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this [Information Pack] (https://www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Council/Jobs/Working-for-us.aspx)
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
(Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)
For further information about this post please contact Lynn Francis on 01286 679 087
Interviews will be held on 05/04/2023
Application forms and further details available from, Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH
Tel: 01286 679076
E-Mail: [email protected]
CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, THURSDAY, 16/03/2023
If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.
Personal attributes
Essential
Able to communicate clearly
Able to prioritise work and achieve targets
Able to work methodically.
Able to work individually and as part of a team.
Desirable
Qualifications and relevant training
Essential
Education to A level standard
Desirable
Relevant experience
Essential
Experience of working with the public.
Experience of preparing written information and verbal information.
Desirable
Experience of working in an archive or library
Skills and specialist knowledge
Essential
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Computer skills
Desirable
Language requirements
Essential
Listening and Speaking - Intermediate Level
Able to maintain a fluent conversation on a number of various everyday subjects, and discuss cases involving the field of work.Able to follow a discussion in Welsh, in Clear Welsh, on familiar matters relating to the post. Able to contribute to the conversation and answer questions.
Reading and Understanding - Intermediate Level
Understand everyday correspondence on familiar issues at work.Understand longer reports in Clear Welsh and be able to pick up the main points. (help may be required with the vocabulary).
Writing - Intermediate Level
Able to write letters for a specific purpose, e-mails and short reports in Welsh and English, using vocabulary and simple phrases that are familiar to the field of work. (They will need to be checked before being sent out).
Purpose of the post
- Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- To assist in giving an effective service
Responsibility for functions
Main duties
- Assist researchers and be responsible for readers’ tickets
- Answer enquiries
- Assist with the work of accepting, cataloguing and indexing archival material
- Assist in guiding groups around the Record Office
- Assist the Archivist in preparing work programmes and exhibitions
- Responsibility for self-development.
- Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
- Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
- Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
- Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
- Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
- Responsibility to report any worry or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused
Special circumstances
- Required to work one late evening (until 7) once a month.
