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About the Role

As a Senior Archivist providing Maternity Cover at Westminster City Archives, you will make a powerful contribution to our success by managing, caring for, and developing extensive collections. You will ensure sector standards are met while delivering an inclusive, engaging, and high-quality service that empowers communities. You will lead and support the team, manage acquisitions, and provide expert advice.

Responsibilities

Management, care, and development of extensive collections
Ensuring sector standards are met
Delivering an inclusive, engaging, and high-quality service
Empowering communities to read, learn, and connect
Leading and supporting the Westminster City Archives team
Participating in a people leaders forum
Managing the acquisition of new collections
Providing expert advice
Reviewing collection and customer service related policies
Improving the archive’s service performance and resource monitoring
Working with neighbourhood groups and local communities to build effective networks and attract new collections
Leading on the access, acquisition, and management of collections
Encouraging customer engagement through website, social media, and other platforms
Ensuring correct systems provide necessary environmental conditions for collection care and preservation
Identifying ways to further utilize collections
Developing new income streams with support from the Archives Manager
Applying for external funding
Responsible for the efficient running of the public search room and enquiry service
Representing the organisation across the archive sector
Nurturing an inclusive culture within the team
Helping the team respond positively to new challenges
Ensuring business continuity and a safe working environment
Delivering an inclusive, high-quality customer-focused service
Advocating for placing the archive at the heart of its community
Identifying opportunities to provide a more collaborative and holistic offer

Requirements

Well-developed experience of engaging communities with heritage collections
Capable of leading and managing a committed team of specialist professionals
Ready to take responsibility for guiding them through change
Practical knowledge of performance management
Ability to build trust and provide constructive feedback
Empathetic communication and listening skills
Thorough understanding of income generation and financial processes in public service and cultural organisations
Good working knowledge of relevant legislation, government guidance, and professional standards
Awareness of the purpose of annual business planning
Ability to motivate other people
Strong awareness of the importance of health and safety and the maintenance of a safe environment
Recognised qualification in archives or a related information management discipline
Plenty of post-qualification, hands-on experience with collections
Well-developed knowledge of relevant legislation such as GDPR, FOI and Copyright
Capable of prioritizing and managing competing workloads in a busy, customer-facing role
Ready to use insights and feedback to continuously develop the service
Good understanding of council priorities
Understanding of the nature of working in a political environment
Ability to build partnerships within a large organisation
Strong commitment to the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion
Skilled at setting clear expectations and direction
Capable of holding people to account for delivery

Skills

Community engagement with heritage collections
Team leadership and management
Performance management
Building trust
Constructive feedback
Empathetic communication
Listening skills
Income generation
Financial processes
Relevant legislation knowledge
Government guidance knowledge
Professional standards knowledge
Business planning awareness
Motivation
Health and safety awareness
Safe environment maintenance
Archives qualification
Information management qualification
Collections management
GDPR knowledge
FOI knowledge
Copyright knowledge
Workload prioritization
Workload management
Service development
Council priorities understanding
Political environment understanding
Partnership building
Setting clear expectations
Setting clear direction
Accountability

Location

Archives Centre, 10 St. Ann's Street, London SW1P 2DE

Work Type

Fixed term until 31 December 2027
Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
Post-qualification experience

Education Level

Recognised qualification in archives or a related information management discipline

Salary/Compensations

£44,331 - £50,778 per annum
Salary negotiable depending upon experience

Benefits

Flexible working patterns
Agile working

About the Company

Children’s Services in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories where inspirational people are dedicated to encouraging everyone they work with to be the very best they can be.
Westminster City Council is an inclusive workplace and employer of choice.
We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve.
We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way.
Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, and over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in our borough.
Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future.
By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diversity, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds feel welcome and safe.

Equal Opportunity

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.
The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application , we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.