Museum Documentation Assistant

Museum Documentation Assistant
RCN UK HQ office, 35 hours per week, 6-month fixed term contract (part-time option available)
Salary range per annum: £28,998 - £32,736* pro rata
At the Royal College of Nursing we’re an optimistic organisation. And we’ve got good reason to be. We all share the same voice when it comes to changing the shape of the health policies of the future. And as the largest trade union of nursing staff and students in the UK – with close to half a million members – all we can see are the infinite possibilities for a brighter future. Join us and you will too.
Our Library and Museum has been awarded the Customer Service Excellence standard.
We're accredited with Investors in People Silver Standard. Our people are our greatest asset, and we want people who can contribute to our purpose in line with our values.
As a fixed-term project-based Museum Documentation Assistant in our Library and Museum you’ll use your enthusiasm, positivity, and heritage experience to support an outstanding exhibitions and events programme for our members and the public.
You will carry out a short-term documentation project to accession, move and catalogue the existing RCN object collection to Spectrum standards. You will work within the small Museum and Events team, to support the development of exhibition content and events. It's a great way to build your skills and experience and develop your potential.
To join us you’ll need administrative skills and a background in a relevant area such as museums, heritage or the arts.
You'll be efficient, accurate and show a real customer focus in all you do.
To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.

What we offer you
We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
What we deliver for our members is wide and varied so when it comes to how we work one size doesn’t fit all. We also know that to empower our people to do their best work, they must be able to balance the demands of work and home. We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Departments and directorates have their own hybrid ways of working which put the needs of the service they deliver – whether that’s to members or to colleagues - at their heart, in alignment with our hybrid working core principles. At the RCN it’s unlikely you will work from home for all of your working time. Equally no one is expected to work solely in the office unless your role requires it. You can find out more by having a discussion with the recruiting manager.

Our selection process
Please submit a CV and answer the supporting questions demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised.
We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.
As a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities. We particularly welcome applications from individuals who identify as People of Colour, BAME and/or part of Black and Global Majority racial and ethnic groups.
Contact details
For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Sarah Chaney, Events and Exhibitions Manager on 020 7647 3602 or sarah.chaney@rcn.org.uk.
For more information on the Recruitment & Selection process, please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date: 23 January 2024
Closing date: 11.59pm on 21 February 2024
If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier.
Assessment & interview date: 7 or 8 March 2024