Salary:                  Between £34,129.46 - £39,566.34 p.a. (depending on experience) plus benefits

Job type:             Permanent

Hours:                  36.25 hours per week

St John’s College is looking to appoint an Archivist. Based in the College Library, reporting to the Librarian, the role will be responsible for overseeing the collections, security and day-to-day operations of the College’s extensive archives.

Working as an integral part of the Library team, you will be expected to deal with queries on the historic collections from a wide range of people, both in person and in writing, and to make appointments for them to visit the Archive. You will be expected to maintain the electronic catalogue of the College permanent archive and to provide photographic reproductions of archival material.

The successful candidate will have a good honours degree together with a professional archival or appropriate library postgraduate qualification as well as a working knowledge of medieval and early modern Latin. You will possess excellent communication skills and will have practical experience of working with archives and manuscript materials. Excellent organisational and administrative skills are also essential as is the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. 

The College offers a competitive benefits package including membership of a defined contribution pension scheme, 36 days’ annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays), access to a private healthcare scheme currently provided by BUPA, access to a ‘cash plan’ healthcare scheme currently provided by Simplyhealth, free lunch (up to a specified monetary limit), free use of an on-site Gym and free parking close to the College site.

For further particulars and an application form, please visit www.joh.cam.ac.uk/vacancies, email recruitment@joh.cam.ac.uk or telephone 01223 338794.

The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 12 noon on Monday 7 October 2019.  Interviews are expected to be held on Thursday 17 October 2019.

In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy. Please see attached for a copy of our Data Protection Statement for further information about how we process your personal data.