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Unilever Archives - 2 Assistant Archivists (Temporary) Salary: £23 - 29k depending on experience Location: Port Sunlight (near Liverpool and Chester), North West Travel: To UK sites as required Contract: one year in the first instance A vacancy has arisen for 2 Assistant Archivists at Unilever Archives. You will be involved in all aspects of the day to day running of a first class archive service, including the promotion of the service to internal and external users. Self-motivation, excellent communication and organisational skills are all essential for these challenging roles and experience of Calm would be desirable. A post-graduate qualification in archives and records management is essential. As these are temporary contracts the successful candidates will have to register with Manpower, Unilever's preferred supplier. The post holders will be based in Port Sunlight and report to the Senior Archivist. Application is by CV and covering letter to: Christine Terry, Unilever Archives (North Wing), Unilever UK HPC, PO Box 69, Port Sunlight, Merseyside CH62 4ZD [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel 0151 641 4551 CLOSING DATE: Fri 10th January 2014 INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD IN PORT SUNLIGHT w/c 27th January 2014 Key Responsibilities· · Catalogue the collections assigned to their care · Assist with the appraisal and accessioning of records received · Conduct research and answer enquiries · Supervise the searchroom and visiting researchers · Undertake with oral history interviews and assist with AV projects as required · Supervise support staff and volunteers · Assist in the management and preservation of electronic records · Assist with creating and maintaining guidelines within their areas of responsibility · Repository control · Promotion of service by means of news articles, exhibitions, presentations, roadshows and workshops etc Assistant Archivist (Temporary) Job and person specification Qualifications Post-graduate qualification in archives and records management - Essential Modern European languages - Desirable Skills and Competencies - job related Experience of cataloguing collections using archive software packages to ISAD (G) - Essential Knowledge of IT and communication technologies - Essential Experience in a business archive or of working with business archives - Desirable Knowledge of archive legislation and standards - Essential Thorough knowledge of methods and practices for appraising records - Desirable Hands-on experience of accessioning records - Desirable Experience of supervising researchers and knowledge of good searchroom practices - Essential Skills and Competencies - general Project management - Desirable Willing to travel - Desirable Inter-personal and communication skills - Essential Influencing skills - Essential Self-motivated - Essential Experience of supervising staff or volunteers - Essential Able to work to deadlines, under pressure and prioritise - Essential Accuracy and attention to detail - Essential Unilever Archives Unilever Archives was set up in 1984. The service is part of the Corporate Centre, London, but is located within the Unilever UK HPC site in Port Sunlight, Wirral. The core team is comprised of four archivists and four support staff. UA runs an annual graduate training scheme for individuals seeking pre-course experience and has been highly successful in helping people gain entry on to the Liverpool and UCL courses. UA is responsible for the archives of Unilever's head office departments, divisions and operating companies in the UK and Ireland. Many of Unilever's subsidiary companies are over 100 years old and some much older, so the archives are very diverse. The collections are housed in a purpose-designed building which conforms to PD. The archive is also responsible for a large collection of artefacts, including packaging, works of art and awards, and maintains a small library that complements the archive collections. An oral history programme was established in 2003. Use of the collections is primarily internal, with the majority of requests originating from within the Corporate Centre and from the operating companies. External researchers are allowed access upon written application. UA has been awarded Designated Status by the Museums Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). The award "recognises the global significance of the company and its predecessor companies .... the comprehensive nature of the records in the Archive are considered to reflect Unilever's place in world trade". Designated Status demonstrates not only the pre-eminence of Unilever's collections and their international significance but also that they are stored and catalogued according to recognised international standards and cared for by qualified archivists. We were the first business archive within a company to have achieved Designated Status and join a select group that hold two Designation awards or more. Lesley Lesley Owen-Edwards Senior Archivist, Unilever Archives & Records Management, Legal Group T: +44 151 641 4551 Unilever PLC Registered in England & Wales; Company No 41424 Registered Office: Port Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 4ZD www.unilever.com<http://www.unilever.com> Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra