Archive Support Officer (Education)

Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

We are the nation’s Archive of England’s historic environment. We commit to be open, relevant and reflective of all stories and places so we can better comprehend the historic environment and how it has shaped our rich and diverse cultural identities. We curate a dynamic collection that tells the story of the shared memories and lived histories of places in England.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Archive Support Officer joining our Archive team. As a member of the Historic England Archive team (HEA), you will ensure that the content and assets are shared in accessible, inspiring and engaging ways with a diverse range of audiences.

We’re looking for a self-motivated person with excellent team-working skills to help assist the creation of Education packs. You will work with the Archive Education Manager to deliver up to 200 education packs this year. Your duties will include the accurate retrieval/filing of aerial photographs, printing and administrative tasks including postage. 

This role is based within our Archive Support Team and involves working in our environmentally controlled archive store.  The work will include manual handling and the use of ladders.

What you will be doing

You will be Responsible for the retrieval and return of archive material for Education packs, in accordance to archive guidelines and in response to the needs of the Archive Education Manager, external customers and other staff. 

You will Collate and prepare Education packs for sending out to schools; printing, packing and prepare for postage.  Associated administrative tasks including updating spreadsheets.

Working with colleagues to prioritise day to day workload and to ensure that requests are dealt with in accordance to delivery deadlines and other service level agreements.

You will be carrying out a range of copying tasks as required

You will also be ensuring that archive guidelines are followed when handling a wide range of archive material including glass, plastic and paper.

Use Airphotonet, DeskGIS and Adlib databases to accurately input the details of the archive being moved, look up archive locations and other tasks.

You will be downloading, moving and resizing digital images from the digital image server as required.  

You will be Liaise as necessary with other Historic England Archive teams to resolve problems, update teams on the progress of requests and to ensure that requests and orders are completed satisfactorily.

You will Perform any other general tasks to support the delivery of services.  

Developing knowledge and understanding of all the areas of work undertaken by the Historic England Archive and the Public Engagement group to offer an integrated service to internal and external customers.

Please note that this role is office-based and involves considerable time working in the environmentally controlled archive store in tasks involving manual handling and ladders.

Who we are looking for

• Excellent teamworking skills

• Ability to prioritize own work and demonstrate self-motivation

• Attention to detail in data work and confident in the use of IT

• Experience of manually handling archives or similar material

• Shows good understanding of customer service and commitment to service delivery

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

Why work for Historic England

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 26% contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. 

To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

Interview dates: week commencing 25th March 2024

Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –

https://historicengland.org.uk/media/wn1jw3lc/archive-support-officer-education-jd-feb2024.odt