Trainee Archivist

Gloucestershiremusic; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A local archival service in Gloucester is offering a Trainee Archivist position. You will welcome visitors, register new customers, and assist with document management while learning essential professional skills. Ideal candidates should enjoy teamwork, have strong ICT skills, and be committed to customer service. This fixed-term role includes flexible working, substantial annual leave, and multiple employee benefits. Apply now to begin your journey in the archival profession.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

24.5 days annual leave

Career development opportunities

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Awareness of providing excellent customer service.
• Good communication skills and team-working abilities.
• Competent knowledge of ICT and interest in information legislation.

Responsibilities

• Welcome visitors and provide information about available resources.
• Register new customers and oversee use of original documents.
• Accession, appraise, catalogue, and package documents in various formats.

Skills

Customer service

Team collaboration

ICT proficiency

Job description

Job Details

• Job Title: Trainee Archivist
• Job Location: Gloucestershire Archives
• Contract Type: Fixed Term
• Duration: One year
• Closing Date: 02/02/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 13388
• This post is not open to job share

About the Team & Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Archivist to join us at Gloucestershire Archives, helping staff to deliver the key areas of our service while learning core professional skills.

We need you to welcome all visitors to our site at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub. You will provide information about available resources, register new customers wishing to access the research room, oversee the use of original documents, fetch and return items from the strongrooms and also help to accession, appraise, catalogue and package documents, in both analogue and digital formats. You will be required to follow all operational processes and procedures required in the delivery of activities and resources that make archives accessible to all and should demonstrate a commitment to continuing your studies to become a fully qualified archivist upon completion of this fixed term post.

About You

To be successful you will need to have an awareness of and enjoy providing excellent customer service, be a good team worker and communicator, have a competent knowledge of ICT skills and the confidence to learn new applications as required. You should also understand the principles of confidentiality and have an interest in information legislation and its relevance to archive work. You will need to lift boxes and handle records using safe lifting and handling techniques as document production is a required function of this role.

Benefits

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 24.5 days annual leave rising to 29.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part‑time staff)
• Family‑friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• An in‑house Occupational Health service
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

How to apply

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Helen Bartlett via email [e-mail].

Short‑listed candidates will be contacted by e‑mail and invited to interview week commencing 09/02/2026.

Additional Information

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The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to [e-mail], as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.