As Conservator with the Buckinghamshire Archives Service, you will have a key role in helping to preserve and make accessible the county’s archival heritage. The Service has records that cover over 800 years of Buckinghamshire’s history, which are made available to the public in its Searchroom (Aylesbury) and online via the Virtual Searchroom.
Positions Available:
* 12-month contract from 1 April 2025, or as soon after this date as possible.
Work Patterns:
* Part-time: 22 hours a week. Working pattern to be agreed with the hiring manager. The Salary is £20,206.70 - £21,020.70 pro rata of the advertised amount.
About us
The Archives Service is a small, innovative team, committed to delivering an excellent service for Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes’ residents. The Service’s work is built on a foundation of excellent standards for customer care and collections management, irrespective of format. It works in partnership with other organisations to reach out and meaningfully engage with the county's diverse communities. The Service actively promotes its collections, so they are an authentic source for celebrating and researching Buckinghamshire's rich history and heritage. Buckinghamshire Archives focuses on the four E's: engage, excite, educate and empower. The Archive Service will relocate from Aylesbury to High Wycombe during the summer of 2026, so this will be an exciting time to join the Service and help us prepare for the move.
About the role
This role will deliver practical conservation and preservation work on the archival documents held by the service, and to record this appropriately. The Service uses a matrix to determine priorities for conservation work. In addition, the role will include the creation and monitoring of volunteer projects that have clear goals to further the preservation work of the Service. The post holder will train staff and volunteers, so they have the necessary skills to deliver their work. Working alongside other professional staff, the post holder will have a significant role in ensuring collections are ready to be transported, as part of the relocation to a new site. Further details of the role can be found in the job description.
About you
You will have a post-graduate diploma or master’s degree in a relevant Conservation area and proven experience of following good practice in conservation techniques relevant to a local authority archive. You will have proven experience of managing volunteers to achieve success and experience of carrying out comprehensive condition surveys of archival collections and creating reports based on those surveys. Further details of the role can be found in the job description.
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
* All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
Our values and culture
We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.
By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:
* a fair and inclusive culture
* the chance to really make a difference to those around you
* health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
* a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
* ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
* opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events
At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.
We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.
About the Business Unit
Our Communities directorate works across the county to deliver a number of the key customer-facing services that our residents, businesses and visitors rely on every day.
This directorate includes a wide range of services, including:
* collecting and disposing of waste and recycling
* maintaining our roads and Rights of Way network and parking
* ensuring the delivery of school transport, and supporting sustainable travel including public bus services and School Crossing Patrollers
* managing Country Parks
* leisure facilities, museums, theatres and libraries, as well as developing our Cultural Strategy
* licensing, cemeteries and crematoria
The customer is central to how we develop and deliver all of these services, which help promote our rich and vibrant culture and special environment.
We are looking for enthusiastic, ambitious and committed individuals to join our team and help us to continue to make Buckinghamshire a great place to live, work and visit. This is an exciting time for us as we bring together the services previously run by five separate councils before Buckinghamshire Council was created. You will join us on our journey of continuous improvement - whether that’s through developing strategies and ways of working or delivering services on the ground, every person in Communities is a valued member of the team.
We recognise and reward you
Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.
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