ASSISTANT ARCHIVIST (PRESERVATION & ACCESS)

House of Lords Pay Band C2

£22,500-£26,525 (subject to grading review)

The Parliamentary Archives provides a records management and archives service for both Houses of Parliament, and assists the compliance of the House of Lords administration with Freedom of Information and Data Protection legislation. It supports the corporate aims of Parliament in the areas of effective information management, maintenance of heritage collections, promoting public understanding of Parliament’s work, and sound corporate governance and risk management. The three million records of Parliament, dating from 1497 to the present day, occupy 6.5 miles of shelving in the Victoria Tower repository in the Palace of Westminster.

The Parliamentary Archives has a vacancy for the post of Assistant Archivist in the Preservation and Access Team which brings together responsibility for preservation of records in all media, their cataloguing and digitisation.

Reporting to the Archivist, the post holder would be involved in a wide range of professional work and be provided with good developmental opportunities. The responsibilities of the post include appraisal and accessioning of records, cataloguing, public services and outreach, support for collection care and digitisation activities, management of three imaging staff, work placements and volunteers and administration of the office’s IT requirements.

You must have a postgraduate qualification in archives or records management; experience of archival cataloguing; experience in using an archive management software (preferably CALM); excellent all-round IT skills; an understanding of reprographics and digitisation processes in an archive environment; excellent communication and presentation skills and experience of supervising staff, volunteers or work placements.

Salary range £22,500 - £26,525 depending on qualifications and experience. A grading review of the Assistant Archivist post is underway.

Benefits of House of Lords employees include membership of a generous staff pension scheme, 6 weeks annual holiday entitlement and assistance for childcare. On site facilities are excellent and include several restaurants and a gym.

Further details and an application form can be obtained from the Human Resources Office, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW telephone 020 7219 6630 (answering machine), or e-mail [log in to unmask] stating which position you are applying for. Completed forms should be returned by Friday 29^th May 2009. If you have not heard from us by mid-June you should assume you have not been short listed.

For an informal discussion of the post or its requirements, contact Jennie Lynch on [log in to unmask] or 0207 219 1718

The House of Lords is committed to equal opportunities.