Archive Assistant / Administrator (0.4 full-time equivalent) - Internal Only
School of Art and Media
| Location: |
Brighton - City Campus |
| Salary: |
£27,319 to £30,378
pro rata
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14.8 hours per week |
| Closing Date: |
Thursday 11 June 2026 |
| Reference: |
ME5037-26-100 |
We are seeking to recruit an Archive Assistant / Administrator to join our Design Archives team based at Grand Parade
In this role you’ll have a key responsibility in the Design Archives team for providing administrative and curatorial support to the Design Archives collections and team across the range of its activities.
This job will require you to work closely with all members of the team: Archive Director, Preservation & Digital Resources Co-ordinator and Digital Content and Systems Co-ordinator. You’ll also liaise with various internal contacts including School Operations and Research teams, Finance and Estates, as well as contributing to collections activities, such as documentation and collections care, and supporting our research services and teaching sessions.
To be effective in the role you will need:
- Demonstrable knowledge/experience of working in an archives or collections setting
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build networks and maintain positive working relationships both internally and externally
- The ability to work on own initiative and flexibly and collaboratively as part of a team
- High level analytical, organisation and problem-solving skills
- Working knowledge of using databases for recording data
This is a permanent, part time role (0.4 full-time equivalent), will be fully onsite working and based at Design Archives on the City Campus.
The University is committed to an inclusive environment which embraces equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment. We particularly encourage male applicants and all those from Minority Ethnic backgrounds. The university is underrepresented by these groups at this job grade.
For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.
Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.
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