Dear All
This is just a reminder about our Archive Business Manager post which we advertised in December. The closing date is this Friday 8th January, so please Do pass on to anyone who might want to reply.
The original advert is below
Archive Business Manager (part-time, 21 hours per week, Fixed Term 18 months)
Location: Home (South/South West, within easy reach of Devizes, Wiltshire)
Salary: £40,000 to £44,000 per annum (pro rata)
Closing date: 5 PM, Friday 08 January 2016
To help Royal Voluntary Service develop and find a sustainable future for our nationally and internationally important archive we are seeking to recruit an Archive Business Manager to join our Heritage team.
A highly regarded national charity with over 75 years of proud history, we are dedicated to helping older people stay active and independent and support over 100,000 older people each month all over Britain. The charity has a turnover
in excess of £70 million, over 35,000 volunteers and around 1,600 employees with a focus on delivering services in local communities. Ambitions are high, with the desire to ensure that in a rapidly ageing population, there is support in all communities across
the UK. Through the power of volunteering we will help our older people continue as active, contributing members of society.
The Role
This fixed contract, part time role starting in April 2016 will take the lead in delivering a costed business case for the rehousing, and development of our Archive and Heritage collections. The role will involve working in co-operation
with the Royal Voluntary Service Archivist, independent consultants and other members of employees across the organisation to deliver a challenging package of project elements.
This will include:
-Finding an pragmatic solution to the appropriate housing of the collection
-Building and developing relationships with third party organisations to create beneficial partnerships for Royal Voluntary Service and the Archive
-Working to improve the visibility and use of the collection within the charity and help to better integrate our heritage into the charity’s offer.
The successful candidate will have:
-A Bachelor’s Degree
-A senior background in the heritage sector
-Experience of project management and business case development
-Excellent presenting and communicators skills
-Excellent networking skills and be able to easily engage others
-The ability to work independently and remotely.
To find out more about the Archive & Heritage Collection visit our history or read our Heritage blog,
Additional Information
This role is not one which is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Please complete section 2 of the application form regarding non DBS/PVG roles.
To apply, find out more about the role and to download a job description please visit
http://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/about-us/working-for-us/job/2455-archive-business-manager-part-time
Application process to include Royal Voluntary Service application form and CV.
Matthew McMurray BA (Hons) MA MLitt
Archivist
Royal Voluntary Service Archive & Heritage Collection
Unit 1A Bath Road Business Centre
Bath Road
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1XA
Tel 01380 730211
Mobile 07714 898569
www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/our-history
twitter.com/RVSArchives