Archive Research Manager

If you're a hard-working, reliable person and you enjoy working in fast-paced environments, then we want to hear from you.

• Archive Research Manager
• HOURS: 40 days across the project.
• FEE: £300/day
• Location: Cambridge
• Hours: Monday-Friday- 9am - 5pm
• Till June 2025
• CONTRACT: Freelance

This Archive Researcher Manager role is an exciting opportunity to help develop and deliver a heritage
project in celebration of 150 years of Cambridge Corn Exchange; bringing together the first collection of
archive materials and oral histories about this important building, all of which will form the backbone of
an exciting programme of public engagement, schools workshops, new digital assets, and culminate in
the co-curation of an exhibition to be launched in the building in November 2025.

Researching and identifying relevant archive materials about Cambridge Corn Exchange.

● Identifying archive materials and items that could be digitised to be shared on the Cambridge Corn Exchange website.

● Working with and supporting volunteer researchers.
● Leading on the digitising of available selected items.
● Identifying items for the exhibition and advising and supporting in developing and maintaining best practice standards in archival care.
● To carry out other heritage research to uncover key content and stories for the exhibition, digital content and heritage tours.
● To support the delivery of community workshops with community partner organisations, in order to facilitate discussions about the history of the Cambridge Corn Exchange, and to identify and record oral histories.
● To comply with all legislation including GDPR and IP for this project - liaising with external partners as needed.
● To develop information to share for the schools and public engagement programme that the Literary Festival and engagement team can use as a learning stimulus for both schools workshops and a public digital exhibition programme.
● To work closely with the Project Manager to identify key archive materials and oral histories for the 150th exhibition, including permanent displays for the building, and digital content for online platforms.
● To support the Interpretation Specialist in the exhibition curation and planning.
● To support the Project Manager in the planning and delivery of the exhibition installation.
● To support the CCE team in developing a system for identifying and recording future archive items.
● To support the evaluation of the project.

Essential Skills and Experience:

● Qualified Archivist

● Experience of archives management, including implementing and developing digital systems.

● Experience of working in a previously uncatalogued archive collection

● Organisational skills needed to work on a heritage participation project involving many different stakeholders

● Experience in working with volunteers.

● Sound knowledge of GDPR, copyright and data protection legislation and practical application

● Experience of recording oral histories

● Experience of supporting the development/delivery of heritage/archive exhibition/display

● Commitment to making archives and heritage learning accessible to all by working directly with members of the public using participatory and open approaches

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