Project Beacon Documentation Assistant

Bletchley Park; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension scheme

Life Assurance (Death-in-Service)

BUPA Cash Plan and Employee Assistance

Six complimentary entry passes per yr

Birthday leave after 12 months

Staff and Volunteer social and well‑be

Job summary

Bletchley Park Trust is seeking a Project Documentation Assistant to join the Collections team on a fixed-term basis until the end of March 2029. Based on-site at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, you will support cataloguing, documentation, and administration tasks while coordinating volunteers and contributing to Project Beacon exhibitions.

The role requires strong planning, attention to detail, and teamwork, with flexibility to cover a broad range of duties as part of a dynamic museum

Qualifications

• Experience in documentation or records management is beneficial.
• Good planning and organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Team player with flexibility to cover broader tasks when needed.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cataloguing, inventory, documentation and administration tasks.
• Oversee volunteers and support digitisation of documents and records.
• Contribute to production of new permanent exhibitions and Project Beacon deliverables.

Job description

Bletchley Park is a vibrant heritage attraction, open daily to visitors, revealing the secrets and telling fascinating stories of the secret British World War Two codebreaking operations. The mission of the Bletchley Park Trust is to attract, engage and educate people from all over the world in order to inspire them with Bletchley Park's crucial role in World War Two.

Bletchley Park is a unique environment and a great place to work. Our people are our biggest resource, and we are committed to value, invest in and nurture our team.

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Documentation Assistant to join our Collections team. With two major permanent exhibitions (and other temporary displays) in the works as part of the new Project Beacon, this role will support the Collections, Research and Exhibitions teams with their development and delivery, delivering on a variety of collections documentation and collections management objectives.

Reporting to the Museum Archivist and based in our dedicated Collections Centre, you will be assisting with cataloguing, inventory, documentation and administration tasks. To ensure the smooth delivery of Project Beacon, you will support Collections staff in overseeing volunteers working in the organisation and digitisation of documents and records. You will be directly contributing to the production of new permanent exhibitions and the wider Project Beacon, and you will support Collections staff to enable them to also contribute their expertise.

The successful candidate will have excellent planning and organisation skills and attention to detail.In addition, you must be an excellent team player with the flexibility to take on a broad range of tasks. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to specialise in documentation and registration at an accredited museum.

Due to the nature of this role and our unique environment, this role may include working at height on occasion, along with lifting and carrying items.

Please see the job description for further details around the person requirements and job responsibilities.

This is a full-time role of 37.5 Hours per week. usually between Monday to Friday between 09.00 and 17.00 although flexibility to work outside these hours from time to time, along with occasional weekend working is preferred. The duration of this role is linked to the Project, therefore this contract is fixed-term until the end of March 2029 and is based on site at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes (MK3 6EB).

The salary is £27,500 per annum, with 33 days annual leave per year (including statutory holidays)

Our benefits include:

• Company Pension scheme
• Life Assurance (Death-in-Service benefit)
• Access to our BUPA Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Scheme
• Six complimentary entry passes per year (after six months service)
• A day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after twelve months service)
• Staff and Volunteer social and wellbeing events

Bletchley Park Trust is committed to, and values the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all our team feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential. We acknowledge and value the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is transparent, fair and as inclusive as possible for all applicants.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and expect all staff, volunteers and external agencies to share this commitment.

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