Archivist

General
• Handle all archive material to a safe professional standard as well as ensuring material is re-shelved after use.
• Manage the archive storage areas, including external storage and material housed in the staff offices on Level 2.
• Manage the Archive budget with oversight from the Director of Finance.
• Contribute quarterly reports to the Board of Trustees papers.
• To stay abreast of developments and follow best practice in archive and information management.

Archive and Records
• Oversee the cataloguing of archival material; develop a strategy for uncatalogued items and implement it within an agreed timeframe.
• Support the Development Team in seeking funding to support cataloguing and digitisation projects as needed.
• Maintain the museum’s Archive Service Accreditation.
• Review object files requested by readers for data protection and sensitivity issues.
• Act as Departmental Records Officer, liaising with The National Archives regarding public records.
• Create records management policies, procedures and standards as necessary, including retention schedules and disposal policies to best practice.
• Act as a consultant and provide training for all departments in reviewing and/or establishing paper and electronic filing systems and procedures.
• Manage the transfer, storage and retrieval of vital inactive records to the archive.

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