Archive Project Assistant (Hall Marks)

Norfolk County Council • Full-time • Norwich, England, United Kingdom • £24.79k - £25.18k / year • 3m ago

The Norfolk Record Office is looking for someone to help deliver its exciting project Hall Marks: The Long Shadows of Norfolk’s Lost Country Houses . Using the Office’s extensive archival collections, the project will look at the impact of Norfolk’s lost estates, of which there are over a hundred. Using lost country houses and their estates as a starting point, the project will also support the public to research a home of any size, land or local area and to a improve access to a key resource for such research. The project’s main funder is The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The successful candidate will help facilitate the project’s volunteer programmes with a focus on processing and checking data and helping with making historical sources more accessible. You will also assist with digitisation of archive materials and the creation of learning resources.

We are looking for someone who can work collaboratively and have strong communication and organisational skills. You should be comfortable working with spreadsheets and have an eye for detail and accuracy.

For more information about the position please email either Jonathan Draper jonathan.draper@norfolk.gov.uk or Gary Tuson gary.tuson@norfolk.gov.uk

Interviews will be held week commencing 8 September 2025.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

Competitive salary
Generous holiday entitlement
Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.
Financial benefits such as:
- ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
- A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- Relocation expenses (where applicable)
- An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
- Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
- Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility) A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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Redeployment closing date: 10 July 2025 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 24 August 2025 23:59