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Heritage Lead, Helix Arts

  •  North East
  •  Â£30k-40k (pro rata)
  •  Part time
  •  Closes March 14, 2025
  •  Stephen Pritchard
  •  stephen.pritchard@helixarts.com
  • #Combined arts

Description

Job Summary

Join us as Archive Lead – a 1-year fixed term post (which may be extended subject to successful funding) to help us develop our archive of more than 40 years work in community and participatory arts. The post is supported by National Lottery Heritage Funding.

Job Description

Salary: £30,000 pro rata.

1 year fixed term contract (possible extension subject to further funding)

Hours of work: 3 days (22.5 hours) per week (flexible working pattern).

Holidays: 25 days holiday plus Public and Privilege holidays (pro rata).

Eligible for company pension scheme and other company benefits - e.g., birthday off and Christmas close down.

Due to its long history, Helix Arts has a significant back catalogue of collaborative and co-produced projects. Historic projects have an important role to play in informing our current and future practice. The archive is in the early stages of being examined and organised in a way that connects the methodological heritage of the organisation's past with its future commissioning and curatorial practice, and project development and realisation.

This post will be focused on exploring what can be learned from the history of the Helix Arts programme and asking how the central values and approaches of its heritage can inform its future work, with specific focus given to informing the ongoing Helix Arts Re:Visits programme strand.

Job Requirements

  • Heritage specialist.
  • Previous archive, museum or heritage project experience (guided by Spectrum or British Archive Standards).
  • Strong management skills.
  • Good project manager.
  • Friendly and approachable.
  • The ability to share information with staff.
  • The ability to carry out your role without supervision.
  • A good knowledge of ICT including Microsoft Office and Google Drive.
  • Be willing to learn about and follow Helix Arts aims, principles and policies, including confidentiality and data protection.
  • Strong organisation and management skills.

Job Responsibilities

  • Managing the Re:Visits archive project.
  • Implementing and reviewing robust archiving processes, procedures and workflows, with regular assessment of the quality of processes (following Spectrum guidelines).
  • Preservation of physical art works/ ephemera and digital works in line with museum and/ or archival standards.
  • Supporting community engagement in the archive and associated activities.
  • Cataloguing, organising and digitising the archive to museum and/ or archival standards.
  • Digitising and preparing the digital archive for preservation and accessibility.
  • Leading and developing the oral history archive.
  • Developing and implementing a collections development policy in collaboration with our volunteers, artists and communities to complement future collecting practices for Helix Arts.
  • Allocating Helix Arts resources to ensure successful delivery of the project, including:
    • ICT.
    • Volunteers
    • Archive management.
    • Dissemination.

See https://www.helixarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Heritage-Lead-Job-Spec-FEB-2025.docx.pdf - job spec for more.

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