Archivist

The Independent Schools Council; Greater London; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch

Free parking

Pension scheme

Sports facilities access

Club memberships

Job summary

Harrow School seeks an experienced Archivist to ensure the effective running of its school archive. The Archivist will acquire new items, preserve, catalogue and store the collection.

There are opportunities to produce exhibitions and displays for the school and work with a range of staff and agencies within the Harrow school community. The role requires enthusiasm, high organisation, keen attention to detail, and excellent IT skills for managing digital records using archival databases.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, highly organised with keen attention to detail.
• Excellent IT skills for maintaining digital records with archival databases.
• Excellent communication and teamwork, with good time management.

Responsibilities

• Acquire new items for the archive and preserve, catalogue, and store the collection.
• Produce exhibitions and displays with school staff and external partners.
• Handle a high number of enquiries from researchers and students.

Skills

Archivist

IT skills

Communication

Time management

Education

Qualified Archivist

Tools

Archival databases

Job description

Contract summary:

• Contract: Permanent
• Working weeks: Part time, 24 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus six weeks in the holidays).
• Working hours/days: 3 days / 24 hours per week, Tuesday to Thursday preferred although limited flexibility may be available.

The environment:

Harrow School is situated within a beautiful site in Harrow on the Hill, north west London, and is one of the best-known schools in the world, with around 840 boys studying at Harrow. This unique school archive was set up in 1981. It was created to collect and preserve records relating to the history of the School with the intention of making the information accessible to future generations. The archive contains material reflecting the organisation and development of the School from its founding by John Lyon in 1572 up to the present.

It is an integral part of the School and its community containing documents and collections relating to the history of all aspects of School life as well as being used as a study resource by the Harrow School boys, staff and researchers in conjunction with the Vaughan Library and Old Speech Room Gallery.

The role:

We are seeking an experienced, qualified and registered Archivist to ensure the effective running of the School’s archive. The Archivist is responsible for acquiring new items, preserving, cataloguing and storing the collection. There are opportunities to produce exhibitions and displays for the school and work with a range of staff and agencies within the Harrow school community. The archive is well used by academic researchers and handles a high number of enquiries about the school.

The skills:

Candidates must be enthusiastic, highly organised with a keen attention to detail. They must possess excellent IT skills for maintaining and creating digital records using archival databases. Excellent communication skills are essential, evidence of working as part of a team, experience of successful time management and meeting deadlines. Harrow School is a vibrant and highly academic environment and we would welcome a candidate who would enjoy being a part of this community.

The benefits include:

• free lunch when working a full day
• free parking
• automatic enrolment in the School’s pension scheme
• use of the School’s sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym, and running track.
• subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Harrow. We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome anyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community.