Senior Archivist (University Archives)

Work at other locations, including other Bodleian Libraries’ and University premises as required.

The Bodleian Libraries is recruiting a Senior Archivist (University Archives). As part of the Archives Senior Management Team, you will contribute to the administration, prioritization, planning, and delivery of the Libraries’ archival work, with a primary focus on the University’s own archives.

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates eager to leverage their skills to drive change. The postholder will continue efforts to integrate the management of the University Archives into the Libraries’ wider archival policies, processes, and practices, ensuring alignment and efficient use of resources. Central to this role is the stewardship of the University’s archive, making this material accessible for administrative and research purposes. The role also includes some records management responsibilities, playing a role in fostering a good record-keeping culture across the University to ensure a strong pipeline of appropriate materials to the archive.

This is a full-time, permanent position, working 37.5 hours per week. Start and finish times are flexible, but you should usually be present at the Weston Library in Oxford during core hours of Mon-Fri 10am–4pm. It may be possible to work from home one day per week, depending on current activities. Participation in rotas for evening & weekend reading room supervision duties is required. For full-time staff, this is currently one evening from 5pm to 7pm every three weeks and two Saturdays a year.

This position is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check result.

You will be required to carry out some lone working, driving on University business and regular manual handling. All health and safety training will be provided.

About You

You will have a strong all-round archives management skills.

You will have an awareness of current thinking and developments in archives and records management and a commitment to maintaining this.

You will be an excellent communicator with practiced organisational and project management skills,

You will be comfortable working in a changing and complex matrix environment.

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits

Diversity

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working.

How to apply

You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, explain how you meet each one.

The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Susan Thomas, Head of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, who can be contacted with inquiries relating to role (susan.thomas@bodleian.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday on Monday 23 September 2024 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 23^rd or Thursday 24^th October 2024.

Advert information