Vacancy for Archivist at NatWest Group

Digital Preservation Coalition; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a skilled Archivist to join their team in Edinburgh. The successful candidate will be responsible for the care of both physical and digital historical records, ensuring they are managed according to professional standards. This role presents an exciting opportunity for learning and development within the preservation field.

Benefits

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in archiving practices and cataloguing.
• Strong research skills and ability to communicate effectively.
• Knowledge of physical and digital record management.

Responsibilities

• Capturing and promoting physical and digital historic records.
• Answering internal and external enquiries.
• Supervising visiting researchers and providing talks and tours.

Skills

Accessing and cataloguing records

Research

Communication

Supervising

Education

Professional archive qualification

Job description

We’re looking for a professional archivist to join our team and make sure that all of our records are cared for and stored to the best possible standard

You’ll be helping us tocapture, protect and promote the history of NatWest Group through its physical and digital archive collections

In return, you'll receive excellent learning and development opportunities

We're offering a salary for this role of between £25,203 - 35,580, dependent on experience, plus pension funding

This role is available for a period of 12 months, and can be on a full time or part time basis

What you'll do

As an Archivist, you’ll be capturing, caring for and promoting physical and digital historic records as part of our accredited archives.You’ll be accurately accessioning and cataloguing a wide range of records, in line with professional standards, while working with colleagues across the bank to identify and capture the right records for the future.

Your responsibilities will include:

Answering internal and external enquiries

Supervising and helping visiting researchers

Providing talks, tours and other heritage promotions for colleagues

Undertaking in-depth research and writing for heritage projects