Bristol Record Office
Archivist £21,993 - £24,726 pa
37 hours per week
Ref: 8318/ ARC

Bristol is a successful European city: a regional capital and a designated
UK centre of cultural excellence. Bristol Record Office is a part of Bristol
City Council 's Cultural Services Division which is playing a lead role in
transforming cultural provision throughout the city by striving to provide
quality services that meet the needs of all in its diverse local communities.

As an integral part of this work, Bristol Record Office for the first time is looking to appoint an Archivist with special responsibility for learning and inclusion.

This exciting and challenging post will involve the development
and promotion of learning programmes and opportunities for a broad
range of audiences, although there will also be the chance to take part in a
wide range of archive work.

You must have a postgraduate qualification in archive administration and
an up-to-date knowledge of the key professional issues affecting the
delivery of a modern archives service. You will need good IT skills and an
understanding of IT applications. You must also be able to work with
learning groups at all levels and at all ages and have the ability to work
with individuals and groups to encourage the development of personal and
community identity. You must be able to demonstrate your commitment to
equalities/ social inclusion policies and their effective implementation.
You should possess demonstrable presentation skills and have experience
or interest in the application of archives for learning together with
experience of working with minority groups and communities. Experience
of partnerships, particularly with Libraries and Museums, is also desirable
as cross-domain working is seen as being crucial to the success of this post.

For an informal discussion, please ring Richard Burley, Senior Archivist on
0117 9224235 or John Williams, City Archivist on 0117 9224234 or
email: bro@ bristol-city.gov.uk

To apply - tel: 0117 922 4499 or email: recruitment@ bristol-city.gov.uk quoting the relevant reference number. If you e-mail an application request to us, we will automatically email you back an application pack and you are welcome to return your completed application form to us
via email. If you have any problems please contact us on the recruitment hotline.
Closing date: 12th March 2004.

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community.

Richard Burley
Senior Archivist

Bristol Record Office
'B' Bond Warehouse
Smeaton Road
Bristol
BS1 6XN
tel: 0117 922 4224
fax: 0117 922 4236
www.bristol-city.gov.uk/recordoffice
Online Catalogue: archives.bristol-city.gov.uk