Historical Archivist

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.

What you'll do

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

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need

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

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help

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

What you'll be like

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

Company

As an investment manager we make decisions every day on behalf of savers and investors around the world. They depend on our broad investment expertise, across private and public markets to manage: £731.6 billion (€871.3 billion/$990.9 billion)* of wealth and investments. We help them achieve their long-term financial goals – and make a positive impact in the world.

Inclusion is more than a buzz word

It’s part of everything we do. We’ve built a culture where people can bring their whole selves to work, and we welcome unique perspectives. We also set trackable goals to improve representation across the board wherever we fall short.

Driving inclusion at Schroders

As a Disability Confident employer and a member of the global Valuable 500 initiative, we’ve partnered with a disability-specialist organisation to conduct an audit and provide recommendations on how to make our recruitment processes more accessible to potential candidates with a disability. We’re excited to continue our partnership with the Snowdon Trust following the success of our first paid work placements for individuals with a disability in February 2021.

We take a local-led approach to improving inclusivity Everyone’s at a different stage of their inclusion journey – with cultural and local practices to consider. So we listen to our employees through pulse surveys and collect diversity data so we can identify areas for improvement, and maximise impact through local initiatives.