Archivist and Records Manager – Maternity Cover
Salary – £43,000 per annum pro rata. The role is 35 hours a week for a fixed-term six-month period.
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Archivist and Records Manager to manage the Inn’s historic archives and modern records.
The post will report to the Director of Library Services, within the Inn’s Library & Archive service.
The successful candidate will have a postgraduate degree in archives and records management (or similar) and at least three years of post-qualification experience.
The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
Gray’s Inn is one of four Inns of Court, the historic societies that educate and train barristers in England and Wales. The Inn provides the Library and Archives, the Chapel, dining, scholarships, advocacy training and other facilities for students and barristers.
The Archives
The Inn’s Pension Books and Admission Registers date from 1569 and 1581 respectively, while other records survive from the 18th century onwards. In addition, there are small collections of photographs, illustrations and ephemera and several deposits of private papers, including those of Lord Atkin and Sir William Clarke Hall and a selection from Venetia Stephenson, the first woman to conduct a murder defence in England. Gray’s Inn also holds the surviving records of Barnard’s Inn and Staple Inn.
Duties include
* Managing the day-to-day running of the Archives
* Implementing an ongoing digital records management project
* Digital preservation using Preservica
* Line management of the Project Archivist
* Managing the Archive’s budget
* Assisting with historical and other enquiries, tours of the Inn, exhibitions and events, and providing content for the Inn’s website and social media channels
The Inn offers a generous package of benefits including 33 days leave per year and a pension contribution.
For more details please visit: https://www.graysinn.org.uk/ne
For an application pack please email: [email protected]
Closing date for applications: 13 October 2023. Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 30 October 2023.
Gray’s Inn is an equal opportunities employer
Guy Mitchell
Director of Library Services
Gray’s Inn Library
5 South Square
London
WC1R 5ET
020 7458 7818
www.graysinn.org.uk/library
