Archivist

Shakespeare's Globe is currently seeking a permanent full-time Archivist to join our Library & Archive team to help us provide an effective resource and information service in our new Research and Collections Centre. The Library & Archive Archivist works as part of the Library & Archive team in the development, promotion and daily running of the new Research and Collections space. They appraise, accession and catalogue analogue and digital material in the Shakespeare's Globe Archive and assist with records management procedures and preservation strategies across the organisation. The Archivist provides operational and technical support to our Digital Archivist and helps to develop the use of library and archive collections in exhibitions, displays, online resources and outreach activities and events in liaison with the Library & Archive team and other Shakespeare's Globe departments and partners.

• An information, archive or records management related degree; or equivalent qualification, or experience that supports the skills and abilities required
• Experience of working in an archive, preferably with CALM
• Archive cataloguing experience and knowledge of international standards in archival description, including ISAD(G), the NCA rules and ISAAR (CPF)
• A familiarity with digital archiving principles and the tools of digital preservation
• Knowledge and understanding of copyright legislation and GDPR
• Experience of providing reader services and assisting researchers.
• Experience of delivering public engagement activities
• Ability to work to a high level of accuracy and to tight deadlines
• Good communication skills with the ability to deal effectively with people at all levels
• Good attention to detail
• Good teamworking skills
  
  The role of the Library & Archive is to preserve the intellectual and organisational integrity of Shakespeare's Globe archives and records and its corporate memory. The department also provides a research facility that supports the work of Shakespeare's Globe and is open to the public. The Archivist will be part of a team comprising a Library & Archive Manager, Collections Manager, Archivist (Digital), Librarian and a Library & Archive Co-ordinator, providing services to both Globe staff and the public.