About the Role

The Museum of the Order of St John is looking for an experienced Archivist to appraise, sort, catalogue and make accessible the extensive 19^th and 20^th century organisational archive of the Order of St John and St John Ambulance. The archive consists of official and unofficial documents, diaries, ephemera, oral histories, photographs and audio-visual material. This is a new role for the organisation (historically the archive has fallen within the Museum curator’s remit). Significant progress has been made in recent years through discrete project-based cataloguing initiatives and through commissioning external specialist advice. Building on these foundations, the role will be responsible for developing and implementing new policies, procedures and creating a cataloguing hierarchy from scratch. Working closely with the Head of Collections and curatorial and learning colleagues, the successful candidate will transform the management of the archive, ensuring both its long-term preservation and realising its potential to inform and inspire audiences. Longer-term, the Archivist will be responsible for identifying gaps and developing the collection. Volunteers will play a vital part in delivering the strategy, working under the guidance and direction of the Archivist.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Anna Mason, Head of Collections and Public Engagement, at anna.mason@sja.org.uk

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply).

About You

You will be a highly-motivated Archive and Records Management professional, passionate about widening access and engagement with historic archives. As part of a small team, you will be required to be both hands-on and strategic, working closely and collaboratively with museum colleagues. With superb project management skills, this is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to shape and develop a new archives service. Experience of leading and inspiring volunteers is essential.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive:

• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date: 14 December 2021

Application Review Date: 6 December 2021

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered.

We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here

For all other candidates, or SJA volunteers wishing to apply, please click here

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any speculative CVs submitted without invitation will not be considered