The role
At Southwark Council we are proud of our Libraries and Heritage service. Our award winning libraries are some of the busiest in London, we have a dedicated team of staff and an events programme focused on community need.
Our new heritage centre will help increase our audience reach and add to our already popular offer at our public archives service. The transformation of Libraries and Heritage is intended to ensure that even more people can benefit from the council’s Fairer Future for All policy.
The Role:
We are recruiting for two Heritage Officers to work within the Heritage team, one focussed on our collections at the archive, the other on the artefact collections at the Southwark Heritage Centre; however, the successful applicants will spend time in both locations.
These roles provide suitable work experience for postgraduate courses in museum curation or archives and records management.
You’ll play an important part in all aspects of the heritage service’s work – providing customer service to visitors or researchers on-site and remotely, assisting with digital and social media programmes, exhibitions, and learning and outreach events, developing and presenting the service’s learning and outreach programme, promoting and improving collection management and security, and supporting the service’s wider strategic goals.
We’re looking for an applicant with a passion for making the past accessible to everyone.
To succeed, you will need excellent customer care skills and knowledge of history; knowledge of the heritage sector and experience delivering events to varied audiences are desirable, but not essential.
Southwark’s communities are varied, and the service works with a variety of users and stakeholders, so you’ll be comfortable communicating verbally, digitally and in writing, and capable of successfully working with a diversity of audiences. Proficiency in one of the borough’s community languages is desirable, but not essential.
Your flexibility and organisational skills allow you to work alone or in a team, partner effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and partners, and meet targets and deadlines effectively.
You should also be comfortable taking charge of premises and overseeing volunteer work; a clean, current driving licence is desirable, but not essential.
Please indicate in your application if you have a preference for either the museum-focussed or archive-focussed post.
For further information on the role, please contact the Borough Curator, Judy Aitken, or the Borough Archivist, Patricia Dark, by e-mail: judy.aitken@southwark.gov.uk or patricia.dark@southwark.gov.uk
(COVID-19) - information for job applicants: Southwark Council are following the most recent Government guidelines surrounding Corona virus.
During this period, we still look forward to receiving your application and if successful, we will be conducting interviews remotely via video link. Details will be confirmed via email, if successful
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: Sunday 13 December 2020
Interview date: Friday 08 January 2021
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