Portsmouth History Centre Manager

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced archivist with experience of managing and developing staff to join our team.

Your new role

Reporting to the Library and Archive Service Manager, this senior role leads the management and development of Portsmouth’s archive collections, including Portsmouth History Centre and Southsea Archive Repository. You will ensure the effective preservation, governance and accessibility of the city’s archives in line with national standards, legislation and council policies, while delivering the Portsmouth History Centre mission to inspire engagement with the city’s heritage locally, nationally and internationally.

As part of the senior management team, you will lead and develop a skilled team of archive staff and apprentices, oversee collection care and accreditation, and represent the service internally and externally. The role plays a crucial role in enabling public access, supporting research, developing digital services, securing funding, and promoting Portsmouth’s archive heritage through partnerships, events and outreach. You will also contribute to service planning, performance reporting and continuous improvement, working flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

Who is the person summary:

With experience in the management, supervision and development of staff you will have a recognised professional qualification and experience in archive management. You will understand the importance of engaging local communities with the service and have experience of contributing to and delivering learning and access across programmes. With good communication, planning, reporting and funding application skills you will have experience of managing and delivering projects. You will be flexible in your working hours as you may be asked to work evenings and weekends and have some familiarity in principles and practice of digital preservation.

For full details, please review 'who is the person' on the job profile below attached.

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Additional Information

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.

Our recruitment process

Full information about our recruitment process can be found on our support for applicants' page:Support for applicants - Careers portal

You must demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person'points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.If you apply without a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that you will be successful.

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Should you require any support in completing the application form please contactrecruit@portsmouthcc.gov.ukor call the recruitment team on 023 92 616 800.