Archives
Fort Amherst Heritage Trust is looking for archivists to join our archives team.
Fort Amherst is the UK’s largest Napoleonic Fort, which is maintained and protected almost entirely by volunteers. By volunteering at Fort Amherst, you will be helping to preserve Medway’s history, whilst also potentially learning new skills and making new friends.
Responsibilities
- evaluate records for preservation and retention
- assess items that may be fragile and need careful handling, repair or conservation
- catalogue collections and manage information and records
- promote your work through exhibitions, presentations, talks and visits
- liaise with donors and depositors of archives
- advise and support users on how best to access, use and interpret archives
- prepare record-keeping systems and procedures for archival research and for the retention or destruction of records
- maintain user-friendly, computer-aided search systems
- be customer focused and respond to enquiries from the public, businesses, academics and other users
- identify ways of protecting and preserving collections
- arrange the acquisition and retrieval of records
Requirements & Skills
- a genuine interest in history and in preserving records for posterity
- good communication skills to relate to, and encourage, a range of users
- a logical approach to the work of identification and classification
- an understanding of research skills in order to help users access materials
- the ability to skim and understand an extensive and varied range of material
- attention to detail and accuracy
- the ability to anticipate and respond to changing needs and digital media
- a commitment to the profession and to professional development
- the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- good IT skills and an interest in applying digital technology to archiving
Training will be available for this role, with the potential to learn new skills.
