Records Specialist - Family History

In the Collections Expertise & Engagement (CEE) department, we are passionate about using our expert knowledge of our collections to inspire audiences and make them think differently about archives.

The Records Specialist (Family History) will be part of the team that provides expert knowledge of The National Archives’ records, advising and inspiring a diverse audience of the public, students, academics and the wider archive and government sectors. They will grow and share their expert knowledge of records relating to family history from 1782 to the present day. This includes the range of census records, the 1939 Register, birth, death and marriage records and other name rich sources.

The post holder will use their expert knowledge to contribute to our advisory service, giving research advice to our various audiences and sharing knowledge and expertise internally and externally. They will produce high-quality research into the records within their remit and use this research both for academic outputs and for public engagement. Through collaboration with colleagues across the organisation, they will develop and deliver our public engagement, education, and academic programmes, and contribute to corporate initiatives focusing on activities relating to the family history specialist area. They will engage with developments in digital archiving and with digital humanities research methods as necessary to promote and develop their specialist area.

Their work will include using the records to surface diverse voices and histories from within the archive for audiences of all kinds.

Family history is one of the most popular areas of research for users at The National Archives. The post holder will be expected to make a key contribution to our public engagement programme, developing and delivering outputs such as webinars, public talks, adult learning, podcasts and web content; they may also be expected to co-curate exhibitions. They will also work closely with colleagues to identify and develop commercial opportunities for licensing name-rich records. The post holder will be expected to develop strong and productive working relationships with organisations in this field such as the Society of Genealogists.

The post holder will also be expected to develop a general knowledge of The National Archives’ records and use this knowledge to contribute broadly to our day-to-day public advisory service, on site and online. As a specialist in one of our most popular areas, their knowledge will be in high demand.

This is a full time post. However, requests for part-time working, flexible working and job share will be considered, taking into account at all times the operational needs of the Department.

A combination of onsite and home working is available and applicants should be able to regularly travel to our Kew site for a minimum of 60% of their work time.

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Museum Website: https://nationalarchives.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/Kew/Records-Specialist---Family-History_JR200832