Summary We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Archive Technician. This is a Full Time, 6 months Fixed-Term Contract based in Swindon with hybrid working. We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals. To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here. What you will be doing The AHRC-funded Heritage Data Service (HSDS) will provide key digital research services to transform heritage science and conservation research and its capacity to advance understanding, preservation and management of UK heritage. It will offer a single discovery point to distributed facilities, cross-disciplinary expertise and shared data as a research resource. This new coordinated approach brings considerable advantages, enabling international leadership and open innovation, including advances in AI and data science. The HSDS will be developed and managed by the Archaeology Data Service in partnership with the STFC Hartree Centre. It will bring together key UK heritage bodies covering England, Scotland and Wales. Historic England will contribute expertise in the areas of IT, data standards, science collections and linking to archives. HSDS is taking a wide view as to what characterises heritage data and material held in the HE Archive including, but not limited to, images, documents, drawings and video material potentially falls within this definition. Examples include photography from HE’s Geophysics team and archaeology reports with supporting data including shape files, CAD and photography. Your role will be to undertake a discovery, research and documentation exercise looking at these collections of heritage science data and their conservation in order to provide advice and recommendations to HSDS as to the best approaches to link to this material. This role requires specialist skills in archive and information management, including catalogues and collections, an understanding of conservation approaches and a broad appreciation of the range of historical science research which would have results held in archives. You will be adept at collaborating effectively with partners, communication, prioritising and planning, and delivering quality and consistency. Please note, you will be required to work and move around in small and confined spaces throughout your working days. Who we are looking for Experience of working in the heritage/galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) sector Proven interest in and aptitude for archive and collection management Experience of working with diverse archives with multimedia collections Working knowledge of archive collection management systems An interest in heritage science We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more. Why work for Historic England We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level. Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeamHistoricengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes. You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role. To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted. Provisional interview dates: Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description – https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/axlflwae/archive-technician.odt