Historical Archivist

Who we're looking for

We are seeking a part time Archivist (2 to 3 days per week, with flexible working arrangements and onsite working due to the nature of the role) who is passionate about the value that history can add to an innovative client-focused business.

Your role will have a focus on maximising the positive impact that our history can have for our stakeholders, together with ensuring that the archive collections continue to reflect our evolving business in a digital environment.

In return the role will give you the opportunity to develop the collections further, take ownership of your own workload, and continuously improve and develop policies and processes.

About Schroders

We're an active investment manager in 38 locations globally. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. For 220 years we have navigated social and economic change as our corporate development has evolved. We are consistent in our purpose to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management, by partnering with our clients to provide trusted advice and invest in the assets and markets that matter to them.

The Schroders Archive contains around 1,500m of largely business records dating from 1817 to the present day, with the majority from the 20th century. The Archive also holds c350,000Mb of digital records.

The base

We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We're close to our clients, in the heart of the UK's financial centre and we have everything we need to work flexibly.

What you'll do

1. Interpret and communicate our history for our people, our clients and other stakeholders
2. Ensure the preservation and professional management of over 200 years of paper and digital archive collections
3. Develop and implement our active digital collecting
4. Review and maximise the potential of our digital preservation system
5. Develop and implement our oral history collecting
6. Encourage and facilitate the use of the archive by external researchers
7. Review and implement archive policies
8. Ensure discovery and cataloguing are fit for purpose
9. Respond to enquiries
10. Form strong relationships with key stakeholders from across the business and beyond
11. Support and protect our corporate reputation and history, with a sensitivity to cultural differences.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

1. Postgraduate qualification in archive management
2. Experience in the care of archive collections
3. Experienced user of archive collection management and digital preservation systems
4. Good understanding of descriptive and authority standards including ISAD(G)
5. Good understanding of GDPR and other relevant legislation.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help

1. Previous experience of working in a listed-company environment or within financial services would be advantageous, but is not essential
2. Previous experience of CALM and Preservica would be highly advantageous, however training can be provided
3. An interest in 20th century financial and business history.

What you'll be like

1. Excellent communication skills oral and written
2. Highly organised, able to prioritise and to deliver within deadlines
3. Proactive and self-motivated
4. Sensitive to stakeholder needs
5. Able to work without supervision.

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought, facilitated by an inclusive culture, will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other protected characteristic.