ARCHIVES ASSISTANT
PEEL GROUP
6 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT
Peel Land & Property Group owns and manages 1.2m sq m of property and 15,000 hectares of land and water. Our holdings are concentrated in North West England but we also own and manage significant assets in the Clyde, Yorkshire and the Medway in Kent, with a total portfolio value of £2.3bn.
Land and property lies at the heart of The Peel Group, one of the foremost real estate, infrastructure and transport investment enterprises in the UK.
Our vision is to create sustainable environments where people and businesses can flourish including you. The Peel Group is a family-owned concern and we retain family values.
ROLE PURPOSE
The Peel Group are looking for an archives assistant on a fixed term contract (6 months) to help assist the Group Archivist survey, list, catalogue, digitise and repackage archive collections.
The post will provide an opportunity for a recent graduate to gain insight into the business archive sector and a newly created archive and to develop practical skills.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Assist in the sorting, listing and cataloguing of archive material
• Package and store archive material according to best practice
• Digitise archives
• Assist the Archivist in the administration of the archive collections and associated projects
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Undergraduate degree in History or related subject
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent English written communication skills
• Excellent IT skills
Applications should be submitted by Wednesday 12th July 2017 in the form of a CV with covering letter to [log in to unmask] To apply online go to https://www.indeed.co.uk/cmp/Peel-Group/jobs/Archive-Assistant-3e3e2d92700dfea2?q=peel
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