Job Title: Collections Assistant
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: £26k per annum
Job type: Full Time / Permanent
This is a full-time role of 37.5 Hours per week. usually between Monday to Friday between 08.30 and 16.30 although flexibility to work outside these hours from time to time, along with occasional weekend working is preferred.
About the company:
Bletchley Park Trust is a registered charity (1012743), award-winning museum and heritage attraction that is internationally renowned for its key role in World War Two Codebreaking and its position as a birthplace of modern computing. The mission of the Bletchley Park Trust is to attract, engage and educate people from all over the world in order to inspire them with Bletchley Park’s crucial role in World War Two.
One of our six strategic goals is to be the best we can in how we lead, manage and invest in our people. Bletchley Park is a great place to work and we are committed to making it even better.
About the role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Collections Assistant to join our team. We have recently moved into a new, dedicated Collections Centre, so it’s a great time to join us and work as part of our team to improve how we operate in core areas; and how we care for and manage our collections both in store and on display.
Reporting to the Curator you will be assisting with all aspects of collections care, documentation and collections management. You will help oversee volunteers working in conservation cleaning and digitisation. You will have responsibility for some areas of collections care or documentation projects, and you will support the Content team with larger core and project activities.
As our Collections Assistant, you will be responsible for providing knowledge and practical support to other teams as required; this could include providing access to collections for Historians, providing digitised material or copyright information to the Communications or Learning teams, or working with the Curator to support Site Works or Communications with supervision of contractors and film crews.
The succesful candidate will have excellent planning and organisation skills and attention to detail. In addition, you be an excellent team player with the flexibility to take on a broad range of tasks.
Due to the nature of this role and our unique environment, this role will include working at height on occasion, along with lifting and carrying items.
Our benefits include:
- 33 days annual leave per year,, including statutory holidays
- A complementary entry pass allowance per year
- A healthcare cash-plan
- Our company pension and death-in-service schemes
Additional Information:
Bletchley Park Trust is committed to, and values the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all our team feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential. We acknowledge and value the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is transparent, fair and as inclusive as possible for all applicants.
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