Archivist

Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees an inclusive culture that centres itself around staff wellbeing, where you can be confident you will receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to enhance your skills.

About the College/Department
Our Library is one that supports our communities to realise their ambitions by opening up new areas of knowledge & understanding and through fostering applied creative thinking.

At the centre of our approach is a high-quality student experience, outstanding student outcomes and supporting an excellent research environment. With this in mind, our teams deliver against three core strategic themes:

Community - The original missions of libraries were not about repositories of books or as gatekeepers to knowledge, but about fostering communities of scholars. With that in mind, our focus is on how the Library supports the wide range of communities we have, fostering connection and empowering academic culture.
Confidence - There is a fundamental role for the Library to ensure all students become confident, independent learners and researchers. We shall support students to develop confidence and applied creative thinking through our academic skills provision and an industry relevant skills offer that enhances performance whilst at university as well as into their chosen future.
Content - Exploration and access to scholarly content is critical to the process of learning, teaching, research, and knowledge exchange. The Library plays a significant role provisioning scholarly content, working with our academic colleagues and students. We shall work to ensure that relevant content is delivered in a sustainable way and that we leverage technology and metadata expertise that enables our students and academics to explore and access the scholarly record.
About the Role
As Archivist you will take responsibility for the operational management and delivery of the university's archive service, contributing to and delivering against the Library's Content and Digital Services operational plan. You will utilise specialist knowledge to implement and maintain archival standards, ensuring records are transferred, accessioned, preserved, discoverable and accessible for the purposes of teaching, research and institutional administration.

This is a part time position of 18.5 hours per week with the following working pattern: Mon/Tues: 9am-2pm (5 hours) Wed: 9.00am-1.30pm (4.5 hours) Thurs: 9am-1pm (4 hours)

We are looking for a self-motivated and collaborative individual to join our team, bringing a proven ability to manage and deliver user-focused services that align with the University's strategic priorities. The ideal candidate will have a track record of delivering successful projects and the ability to motivate and manage teams to achieve high-quality outcomes.

Key to this role is your experience working with archive cataloguing and metadata schema, such as ISAD(G), and your familiarity with archive collections, including both born-digital and digitised materials.

Additionally, your knowledge of digital systems and their application to archive management will be critical. You should also bring confidence in exploring new technologies and a flexible approach to change, ensuring adaptability in a rapidly evolving environment.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to combine technical expertise, leadership skills, and a passion for delivering outstanding service in the management of archival resources.

About the University
We have one simple promise - to make a positive impact. Through our ground-breaking research, teaching excellence and commitment to sustainable living, we are changing lives for the better.

The University of Derby is a modern university with a modern outlook. Everything we do is driven by delivering excellence and opportunities for our students, our staff and our region.

We have some of the best university facilities in the UK and achieve outstanding results for our teaching and research and have been awarded Gold in the prestigious Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023 - making it one of the top universities in the country recognised for its outstanding student experience and student outcomes.

Generous annual leave entitlement of 38 days inclusive of bank holidays and concessionary days (pro rata)
Local Government Pension Scheme
Suite of holistic wellbeing benefits and support including family-friendly policies, generous sick pay provision and comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
Access to a variety of staff discounts at high street retailers
Discounted onsite gym
Discounted access to Devonshire Spa
Holiday trading
Cycle to Work scheme
A flexible working environment
A commitment to personal and professional development