Roving Archivist

Employment type: Fixed Term – 24 months

The University of London is a leading UK provider of distance and digital education internationally, offering programmes to 45,000 students in 190 countries around the world. Although proudly rooted in London, our community and impact are global.

We are a national leader in the humanities, and we promote their value to society and the economy through knowledge creation and exchange.

We are also a federation of 17 world class higher education institutions, with collaboration at the heart of our ethos. The University of London federation is a collective community of more than 240,000 learners and 50,000 staff, delivering world-leading research across all disciplines.

Our passion for increasing access to education and mobilising the collective power and expertise of the federation is central to our ability to transform lives around the world and address the global challenges of the future.

The Role

Senate House Library is the central library for the University of London and the home library for the School of Advanced Study. We offer access and research support to collections covering Arts, Humanities and Social Science and are home to many unique and distinctive Special Collections in the heart of London’s student and research community. 

As part of Senate House Library’s Library Transformation Project, the Library is creating a roving archivist post to provide practical support and professional guidance to federal member libraries of the University of London which hold archival material but do not have a professional archivist. The postholder will be expected to spend much of their time on placements of around four months at federal member libraries working with local collections staff. Line management of the post will be by the Senate House Library Senior Archivist but objectives at placements will be agreed with local staff.

Following their appointment and between placements the post holder will be based at Senate House Library to ensure that they are supported by and embedded within the SHL archives team.

Due to the nature of the work, there may be some limited scope for remote working, but the standard requirement will be for the post-holder to be working onsite at several different University of London libraries, including Senate House Library, the Royal Academy of Music, the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Veterinary College.

The role is envisaged as a full-time fixed term post for 2 years.

For a full role profile, please refer to the job description.

Further Information

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your Application and CV (by clicking ‘Apply’ at the top of this page) before the closing date at midnight on 19th February 2025. 

Interview will be taking place w/c 10th March 2025.

The University will be unable to sponsor candidates for a visa for this role. Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK for the duration of their employment.

The University of London is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from members of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities as this group is currently under-represented at all levels within the University. All appointments will be made on merit, based on the criteria identified in the job description.