Job title Community Outreach Officer
Organisation London Metropolitan Archives and partners
Location  Islington, London

Salary/Fee  £tbc at £175 per day.

Type (full/part-time, length of contract)

P/T Freelance between June -October 05, days negotiable.
Work programme will be agreed in discussion with the successful candidate.

Closing Date 5pm on 18 April (Interviews 29 April)

Job description:

To recruit and support residents of the St Luke’s area, Islington in
developing and running a community history / reminiscence project. The
Community Outreach Officer’s main role will be to facilitate the
acquisition of skills amongst participants in order for them to be
developing a self supporting project by the end of the contract. To work
and liaise with education staff from the Museum of London, the London
Metropolitan Archives, Islington Local History Centre, Family Records
Centre, Islington Library Services and The Museum of Methodism, on the
development of materials and in delivering appropriate skills training to
those involved in the St Luke’s area project.

To work and liaise with the EC1 New Deal for Communities Programme
Community Engagement Team in recruiting and supporting ‘hard-to-reach’
members of the local community and in accessing training and resources to
develop a sustainable local project. This will include supporting the
group in identifying and applying to suitable funders.

To advise on developing links and activities between the St Luke’s project
members and other sectors of the community such as schools and youth
groups.

Contributing to the evaluation process.

Essential experience:
• Experience of outreach and working with local community groups.
• Familiarity with archives, libraries and museums and their
learning potential.
• Familiarity with strategies for delivering basic skills
• Experience of managing community based activities

Desirable experience:
• Experience of facilitating the creation of materials by community
groups
• Experience of facilitating learning
• Experience of evaluation with community groups

Applications: Please send:
• CV
• Letter of application, outlining relevant experience
• Examples of resources produced

To: Jan Pimblett, Principal Interpretation Officer, London Metropolitan
Archives, 40, Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB      email:
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Further Information:

The St Luke’s Community History Project has emerged from work carried out
with local people through Islington Local History Centre, London
Metropolitan Archives and the Family Record Centre. A small exhibition
created by these three partners encouraged local people to express their
interest in forming a community history group.

As a result of that interest the project idea has developed. The
involvement of the Museum of Methodism, The Museum of London and Islington
Library Service strengthen the support on offer to the community in a
range of ways, from assistance with research to basic skills in IT.

The project has now become part of ALM London’s Community Links programme.
The information below is taken from ALM’s website at www.almlondon.org.uk.

Community LInKS: An ALM London demonstration project

Community LInKS is an ALM London demonstration project that aims to build
on and support the potential of London's archives, libraries and museums
to contribute to the achievement of a number of targets linked to
Neighbourhood Renewal. Community LInKS is working to support four cross-
domain partnerships from different London Boroughs to engage with the
local Neighbourhood Renewal programmes, New Deal for Communities. By
working to address the issues of Neighbourhood Renewal the archives,
libraries and museums involved will further develop their role in engaging
new audiences and working to support and engage the local community.
Through Community LInKS it is hoped to achieve:

• Ongoing cross domain relationships in each of the four boroughs
involved.
• An ongoing relationship with local neighbourhood renewal agencies.
• An ongoing relationship with community groups.


The full partnership involves the domains of archives, libraries and
museums and will serve to offer support and guidance to local people
wishing to be involved and build their own project. The main objective is
to help local people establish a group which can take the project forward
in the long term and which will contribute to the regeneration of the area
and the social health of the community.

The St Luke’s area Islington lies between St John’s Street, City Road and
Beech Street in EC1:

Further information about the project partners can be found at:

Museum of London                       www.museumoflondon.org.uk
Family Records Centre                  www.familyrecords.gov.uk
London Metropolitan Archives           www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma
Museum of Methodism                    www.wesleyschapel.org.uk
Islington Local History Centre         www.islington.gov.uk

The Community Links Islington Partnership is committed to Equal
Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.