Archive Project Officer (Hall Marks) | 8494 | Fixed Term Contract until 31st December 2026 | 37 hours per week | £30,559 to £32,654 per annum | Grade G | Norwich
The Norfolk Record Office is looking for someone to help deliver its exciting project. Using the Office’s extensive archival collections, the project will look at the impact of Norfolk’s lost estates, of which there are over a hundred. Using lost country houses and their estates as a starting point, the project will also support the public to research a home of any size, land or local area and to a improve access to a key resource for such research. The project’s main funder is The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The primary role of the successful candidate will promote, plan, and deliver engagement and wellbeing activities. These will include workshops on how to trace the history of a house, village or area; a multi-session programme of workshops which take an in-depth look at Norfolk’s lost country houses and estates, including their impact on the rural and urban landscape; and the curation of an exhibition at the Norfolk Record Office which showcases its archive holdings which relate to lost country houses and estates. The successful candidate will also contribute to the running of the project’s volunteer programmes.
We are looking for someone with experience of delivering outreach, education, and/or wellbeing events. You must be able to work collaboratively and have strong communication and organisational skills. You must have experience of how to undertake local history research or a willingness to learn quickly how to do so.
1. A for Fire Service and Social Care Workers Relocation expenses (where applicable) An advance of your expenses if you travel for work Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions. Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility) A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
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Redeployment closing date: 10 July 2025 23:59
All other applicants closing date: 24 August 2025 23:59