Archive Cataloguer (Georgian Papers Programme)

Private Secretary’s Office
Records
Windsor Castle
Fixed Term Contract
January 2019
January 2021
£25,000 - £27,000 per annum, dependent on experience
37.5 per week, Monday to Friday

It’s introducing the Georgian age, to the digital age

It's finding innovative ways to make progress. And it's getting satisfaction from working with a Library and archives of international importance. This is what makes working for Royal Collection Trust so different.

In quality and diversity, The Royal Collection is breath-taking. Working on the unique Georgian Papers Programme as part of our Library and Archives team, you’ll help to maximise the project's potential by making its unique and diverse content more accessible to online audiences.

Your role will be to prepare cataloguing, making use of existing legacy finding aids wherever possible.

Preparing material for digitisation, undertaking rights clearance and developing authority files, you'll use your cataloguing expertise to make sure every document is described and easy to find. And, you'll do all this whilst achieving consistently high standards of quality and meeting deadlines.

By gaining knowledge of the Georgian Papers, you'll identify key areas of interest for researchers and you will also help to present the project to public and academic audiences online and in person.

Collaboration with a number of teams will form part of your daily routine and will be key to your success.

In everything you do, you will aim to engage a growing audience with an expanding collection of digital records.

With a professional archive qualification, or significant experience working in a cataloguing environment and ideally a knowledge of eighteenth century British history, you’re the expert we need.

Confident IT skills are a must, and experience of document digitisation and familiarity with archival cataloguing standards and the CALM cataloguing system would be useful.

With a significant archive of handwritten documents to read, your palaeographical skills will be critical.

A good communicator, you'll be eager to present the project to internal and external audiences.

There are deadlines to meet and so you'll need to be organised and have an eye for detail.

Self-motivated, you'll enjoy working independently but also as part of a busy team.

Working with other experts, you'll be eager to take advantage of the many learning and training opportunities that you will find here

This is your opportunity to use your passion for archives to deliver the exceptional.

November 2018
Vacancy Closing Date: 04/11/2018, 23:55

This vacancy is closed to applications.