Heritage Collections Coordinator

We have an exciting opportunity for a Heritage Collections Coordinator to join our small enthusiastic team.

Location: Gilwell Park, Chingford, London.

Salary:  £29,486 per annum (Band D, level 3, inclusive of outer London weighting)

Term: Permanent

Working Hours: 35 hours per week

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.

The Heritage Collections Coordinator Role:

The Heritage Services’ mission is to create enabling environments where users can discover and be inspired by the story of Scouting, the Movement and its members. As we get to know the Collection better we are constantly uncovering amazing stories covering over 117 years of history. We’re a small enthusiastic team who are passionate about what we do. We support each other and learn from our individual experiences and expertise.

The stories held in the Scout Heritage Collection are full of surprises from tales of innovation and adventure to bravery and brilliance.  In your role you’ll help us add to these stories, and the best bit is they are still happening, so you’ll work with staff and volunteer colleagues from across the organisation as we create the heritage of the future. 

Key responsibilities as our Heritage Collections Coordinator:

• Lead on work relating to acquisitions including liaising with donors (internal and external) ensuring appropriate paperwork is completed and filed.  Ensure high level of user service is delivered.
• Make recommendations for disposal based on the Collections Policy and presenting these at Acquisitions and Disposal Meetings. Liaise with appropriate managers for disposal approval.  Where appropriate research and liaise with potential recipients ensuring the correct procedures are followed.
• Carry out acquisitions and disposals in accordance with the Museum Association Code of Ethics.
• Newly pack or repack poorly stored items to improve their long-term storage and preservation.

What we are looking for in our Heritage Collections Coordinator:

• Delivery of work to a high degree of accuracy
• Able to work to prescribed processes, working methods and standards
• Working or volunteering in a role that requires a high level of organisation and accuracy
• Working or volunteering with a heritage collection in a museum or similar setting
• Qualification or demonstration of training in working with heritage collections.
• The basic functions of an organisational heritage service and its reasons for existence
• Passion for history and the work of the heritage sector

As our Heritage Collections Coordinator in return, we offer you:

• Work in a way that suits you, your role and your department
• Be proud to say you’re part of a team with Investors in People (Gold)
• Plenty of opportunity for learning and development
• 28 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays rising to 32 days after two years
• Four extra days to look after your family when they need you
• Three extra days over Christmas (that’s our gift to you) 

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

• Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Flexible working hours
• Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits
• Study and volunteer leave

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now!

The closing date for applications is 11:59pm on Sunday 15th September 2024

Interview are expected to be held in person at Gilwell Park on Tuesday 24th September 2024.

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies.