Job Description
Job Title:
Senior Archaeological Archivist
Department:
MOLA Northampton
Grade:
MOLA Pay Band 2.3
Salary:
£21,827 to 25,017 per annum
Hours:
37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, Flexibility of
working hours up to 40 hours will be required
Location:
Bolton House, Northampton
Duration:
Permanent
Responsible to:
Finds and Archive Manager
Responsible for:
Project Assistants and Volunteers as required
Overall Job Purpose:
To co-ordinate and undertake the archiving and
deposition of documentary paper and digital records,
together with the material archive for all MOLA
Northampton projects. All archives should follow relevant
national and county standards.
Key Result areas:
 To maintain and develop archiving procedures in
response to changes in museum requirements.
 To be responsible for the day-to-day preparation of the
archaeological archives for deposition with the
relevant museum or other repositories, and digital
archiving.
 To work with members of the Archive Team in London
to develop standards in archiving.
Specific Tasks:
Archiving Projects
 To work in accordance with the archiving standards of
receiving museums. As MOLA works across the UK
this involves over twenty organisations with various
schemes for accession numbers, guidelines and fees.
 To liaise and co-operate with the counties curators
throughout this process and in advance of final
deposition.
 To campaign within MOLA to ensure that the process
of archiving is taken into consideration at the
beginning and during the project as well as in post –
excavation.
 To gather site records and check validity and
completeness.
 To feedback on records management performance to
supplying teams.
 To design a procedure for the archiving and
documenting of digital photographic records and to
implement this procedure for current, future and past
archives.
 To prepare the digital archive for deposition with
museums and ADS. In addition, to microfiche security
copy as required by several counties.
 To liaise with clients and landowners to facilitate the
signing transfer of title for the finds archive.
 To oversee enquiries, loans and legal issues.
 To supervise Project Assistants, work-experience
students (Connexions) / volunteers during postexcavation tasks.
 To liaise with Environmental Supervisor in order to
integrate eco-facts into the finds archive.
 To update databases and other records to allow the
monitoring of archives process from fieldwork to
deposition.
Process development
 To assist the Finds and Archive Officer in developing
and streamlining archiving procedures in line with
current best practice and requirements.
General Tasks
 To work in accordance with the MOLA’s health and
safety policy
Special
Circumstances:
This post may be required to undergo a Disclosure and
Barring Check. A criminal record is not necessarily a bar
to employment and decisions are made subject to MOLA
Northampton’s obligation to protect any children or
vulnerable adults with whom employees may come into
contact with during their duties and our duty to ensure the
safety of MOLA’s employees, sub-contractors and other
colleagues.
Working Conditions
Significant VDU / keyboard work required. Some manual
handling required.
NB This job description reflects the requirements of MOLA as at September 2015. This
job description should not be taken as an exhaustive description of the role, and is rather
indicative of the types of responsibility covered by this job. MOLA reserves the rights to
make reasonable changes as are necessary commensurate with the nature of the post
held.
Person Specification: Senior Archaeological Archivist
Essential
Assess.
Method
Assess.
Method
Desirable
Qualifications
Degree level education or substantial experience in archives
AF
Archaeological Qualification or equivalent
experience
AF
Membership of Society of Archivists, CIfA
Archives Group or other Archiving body
AF
Experience &
Knowledge
Ability to demonstrate a high quality of archives processing and
deposition to a timescale.
AF / I
Some archaeological field work experience
AF / I
Experience of working within and cross teams
AF / I
Experience in process development and
implementation
AF / I
Familiarity with archaeological site and finds records
AF / I
Excellent organisational skills and ability to work methodically
AF / I
Skills/Abilities/
Competencies
Excellent communication skills both written and oral with both
archaeological peers and the public
Good computing skills including database manipulation and
willingness to learn new computing skills as required
Ability to drive
AF
AF / I
AF / I
Good time management skills
AF / I
High attention to detail and an ability to see jobs through to
completion
AF / I
Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
AF / I
Commitment to and experience of promoting equality of opportunity
in service delivery, employment and in the community with an
understanding of the issues underpinning these values.
AF / I
Assessment Method Code:
AF – Application Form
I – Interview
T - Test