Archives Assistant

The Role The V&A is a family of museums dedicated to the power of creativity. Our mission is to champion design and creativity in all its forms, advance cultural knowledge, and inspire makers, creators and innovators everywhere. The V&A is an accredited archive service, encompassing archives of over 1000 individuals and organisations relating to art, design and performance. The Archives section of the V&A is responsible for the management of the Museum’s institutional records and the archive collections namely Theatre and Performance Archives, the Archive of Art and Design and the archive collections of Young V&A. The archives section sits within the V&A Research Institute, National Art Library and Archives team. We are seeking to appoint an Archives Assistant. This permanent post will support the Archive of Art and Design, Theatre and Performance Archives, and Young V&A Archives and will be based at V&A East Storehouse. This is an exciting opportunity to develop skills in all aspects of archive management while working in a transformative museum facility. The main purpose of the role is to provide support in the development, management, and provision of access to the V&A’s archival collections. The V&A The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance. Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience. We strive to make the V&A matter to more people and in that context we work to the following six strategic objectives:

To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.

Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.

Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact.

To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.

Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.

Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources. The Benefits Generous pension scheme 29 days plus bank holidays Flexible working​ Tickets to V&A exhibitions

Subsidised staff canteen 25% discount in V&A shops Give as you earn scheme Bicycle loan

Interest-free season ticket Interest-free rental deposit loan Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike

Wide range of training and professional development opportunities Employee Assistance Programme Staff diversity networks

ED&I at The V&A At the V&A, we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) for all and strive to go above and beyond public duty placed upon us by the Equality Act 2010. As such, we are delighted to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The V&A makes the following commitments to all applications:

The Disability Confident Employer scheme offers guaranteed interviews – Interviewing applicants with a disability who successfully evidence the essential criteria on a person specification and consider them on their abilities;

Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job.

Supporting employees and adjustments during employment. In some circumstances, such as when we receive a high volume of applications that meet the minimum criteria, we may not be able to guarantee an interview under the scheme. In these cases, we will interview only the highest-scoring applicants, from both people with disabilities and people without a disability.