Archives Assistant

About the vacancy

Vacancy

Organisation:
Carmarthenshire County Council

Number of vacancies: 1

Contract type:
Permanent Full Time

Location:

Carmarthen

Grade:
Grade D +8%

Hourly Rate: £14.32 - £14.78

Contract

Hours:

37 hrs

Closing Date: 03/06/2026, 17:00

Carmarthenshire Archives is seeking a reliable and enthusiastic Archives Assistant to support the care, cataloguing and accessibility of the county’s documentary heritage. The post holder will play a key role in delivering a professional, public‑facing service, ensuring a consistently high‑quality user experience. The role also provides essential administrative and clerical support, with duties shared between staffing the public search room and working in the strongrooms.

This position is ideal for someone with a strong interest in local history or archives, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to work accurately with historical and confidential records.

Level 3 - You will need a good level of conversational Welsh. Reasonable support can be provided on appointment to reach this level.

• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement with the option of purchasing additional annual leave
• Access to staff health and wellbeing support
• Personal development and career progression
• Staff discount schemes and other benefits e.g., cycle‑to‑work scheme
• Flexible working and family‑friendly policies

We are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the essential criteria and are registered on our redeployment pool.

You will be asked about your nationality and if you are legally allowed to work in the United Kingdom. This is to find out if you are eligible to apply for this vacancy. This is a requirement for working within the Council or partner organisations:

Please note:

If you do not meet the eligibility criteria your application will not progress. If it becomes clear at a later stage in the process that you are not eligible to apply, your application may be withdrawn, or the offer retracted.