Project Officer (Janette Rosing Collection)
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £32,616 bob blwyddyn, pro rata |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Plus generous benefits |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 30 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Swindon, Wiltshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Historic England |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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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 Project Officer, within the Communications and Public Engagement Group.
This is a Full Time, Fixed-Term Contract for 15 months, based in Swindon.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% 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
We are the nation’s Archive of England’s historic environment. We are everyone’s archive. We commit to be open, relevant and reflective of all stories so we can better understand the historic environment and how it has shaped our rich and diverse cultural identities. We curate a dynamic collection that tells the story of the shared memories and lived histories of places in England.
In this role, you will catalogue and manage engagement of the Janette Rosing Photographic Collection c.1853-1950s. This unique collection of 8,436 original prints was the life's work of respected collector Janette Rosing, who specialised in photography from the 1850s onwards.
Who we are looking for
Proven interest in and aptitude for archive and collection management work;
Experience of cataloguing archive collections, especially in photographic archives;
Effective time management and an ability to manage and prioritise, and take responsibility for a range of concurrent activities;
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Good partnership working skills to support effective liaison with internal and external colleagues.
Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.
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 won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, 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. 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 recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.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 date: 10th October 2025
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/gvnjfobn/zw-project-officer-janette-rosing-collection-jd-aug-2025.odt
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 Project Officer, within the Communications and Public Engagement Group.
This is a Full Time, Fixed-Term Contract for 15 months, based in Swindon.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% 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
We are the nation’s Archive of England’s historic environment. We are everyone’s archive. We commit to be open, relevant and reflective of all stories so we can better understand the historic environment and how it has shaped our rich and diverse cultural identities. We curate a dynamic collection that tells the story of the shared memories and lived histories of places in England.
In this role, you will catalogue and manage engagement of the Janette Rosing Photographic Collection c.1853-1950s. This unique collection of 8,436 original prints was the life's work of respected collector Janette Rosing, who specialised in photography from the 1850s onwards.
Who we are looking for
Proven interest in and aptitude for archive and collection management work;
Experience of cataloguing archive collections, especially in photographic archives;
Effective time management and an ability to manage and prioritise, and take responsibility for a range of concurrent activities;
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Good partnership working skills to support effective liaison with internal and external colleagues.
Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.
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 won the Gold Award from MIND for workplace wellbeing in seven consecutive years, 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. 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 recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.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 date: 10th October 2025
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://cms.historicengland.org.uk/media/gvnjfobn/zw-project-officer-janette-rosing-collection-jd-aug-2025.odt
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