Archivist

HARROW SCHOOL; Greenhill; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch

Free parking

School pension scheme

Sports facilities access

Club memberships

Job summary

Harrow School in Harrow on the Hill seeks an experienced, qualified Archivist to ensure the effective running of the School's archive. The Archivist will acquire items, preserve, catalogue and store the collection while supporting exhibitions and collaboration with staff and external partners.

Candidates should be highly organized with attention to detail, strong IT skills for digital records, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Experience in acquiring, preserving, cataloguing and storing archival materials.
• Ability to create exhibitions and displays using archival collections.
• Excellent IT skills for maintaining digital records.

Responsibilities

• Acquire new items for the archive and catalogue them.
• Preserve, store and manage the collection ensuring access for research.
• Produce exhibitions and displays in collaboration with staff and external partners.
• Support the archive’s users, researchers and students with queries and access.

Skills

IT skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Time management

Tools

Archival databases

Job description

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.

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.

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.

• 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., 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.