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Job Title: Cataloguing the Cassel: Project Archivist
Location: The Planned Environment Therapy Archives and Special Collections Mulberry Bush Third Space Toddington Gloucestershire GL54 5DQ
Salary: 32500 per year
Job type:Fixedterm for one year fulltime
Hours: Normal working hours Monday to Friday 9.0016:30
This is an officebased role but some flexibility around working hours and working from home is available at the discretion of the Senior Archivist.
About the role:
Cataloguing the Cassel: Uncovering Hidden Voices from The Cassel Hospital Archive is an Archives Revealed funded project to catalogue the historical records of The Cassel Hospital Surrey. With papers volumes reel to reel films photographs objects and oral histories the Cassel Hospital Archive is a sizeable representation of UK mental health history.
There are two aspects of this role: one aspect is to catalogue this fascinating collection to international standards of archival description. The other aspect is to support the Senior Archivist in the research planning and delivery of two creative workshops in 2026. The aim of the workshops is to engage current and/or former NHS mental health patients and staff with the collection. These workshops will be delivered in collaboration with The Cassel Hospital Charitable Trust On The Record the NHS and a freelance artist and will be based at the Planned Environment Therapy Archives and Special Collections (PET Archives). These workshops will include creative and reflective activities which draw on the collection as a resource (examples of this kind of activity include zinemaking and redacted poetry)
Were not expecting you to lead on the engagement aspect of the project but you must be willing to get involved.
Well look to you to:
- Catalogue the records of The Cassel Hospital Archive both analogue and digital to international standards of archival description
- Assist the Senior Archivist with outreach activities including working collaboratively with former and current patients and staff of The Cassel Hospital and other communities
- Create name authorities and subject terms to support online dissemination of the collection and universal access
- Identify personal data within the collection and work with the Senior Archivist to take appropriate action where needed
- Identify safeguarding issues within the collection and work with the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Senior Archivist to take appropriate actionwhere needed
- Review the preservation needs of the collection both analogue and digital
- Liaise with the Cassel Hospital Charitable Trust On The Record West London NHS Trust The TCTC LivedExperienced Network and other communities of interest supporting use of The Cassel Hospital Archive
- Assist the Senior Archivist with answering enquiries relating to The Cassel Hospital Archive including data subject access requests Freedom of Information Requests third party requests from probation and police services academic and public enquiries and media enquiries
- Actively work towards increasing use of The Cassel Hospital Archive.
Well care for you too:
We offer the following benefits to make your time with us even more rewarding:
33 days holiday per year (inc. public holidays)
A comprehensive range of informal and formal wellbeing support
Employer contribution pension of 6
Enhanced leave benefits
Reflective supervision
A therapeutic community ethos
As a charity we take a traumainformed approach to managing archives which includes embedding the traumainformed principles in everything from recruitment to cataloguing. We recognise that this project includes working with emotionally challenging material including records of psychiatric illness and as such we offer flexible working a supportive work environment reflective supervision access to an employee assistance programme and other provisions. Please contact the Senior Archivist Debra Doggett for an informal chat about our traumainformed approach: .
About you
Full training will be given if needed when it comes to cataloguing on Epexio. The collection is already boxlisted with a basic level of description on our online catalogue which is why we feel that the project should only take one year to complete. We are looking for someone with excellent attention to detail to revise the archival arrangement and populate descriptions to file level at a minimum.
Due to the emphasis on engagement the ideal candidate would have some experience of working in a publicfacing role. This does not necessarily need to be in the archives sector.
You will also be prepared to engage with our therapeutic community ethos by taking part in reflective groups both for supervision and as part of our reflective ethos on a regular basis meaning that you will be supported and expected to share your experiences and thoughts about the work you are doing and the impact it is having on you good or bad in both individual and group settings. This is standard practice across the charity and is designed to ensure best practice and to support you with your work.
If you believe that you have the experience and expertise required to succeed in this role please submit a copy of your CV via the Apply for this job button.
If you require further information about the role please click here to see a copy of the job description. If you have any questions about the role or the work we do please email the HR team at
The Mulberry Bush is an equalopportunity employee. It is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable people and expects all staff and students to share this commitment.
Applicants must have the appropriate right to work in the UK. For applicants requiring visas we can only accept those with visas which allows you to work in the UK indefinitely (we do not have the ability to offer sponsorship).
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates must be prepared to undertake a DBS criminal background check.
Selection process
- CVs will be shortlisted by the hiring team.
- Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete an application form this is mandatory to meet our safer recruitment requirements.
- Attend a face to face interview
- Participate in DBS criminal background checking process.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
