Welcome to the Record Keeping Careers website

Everything you need to know about starting or progressing your career in the record-keeping sector.

Try out our new free to use job board

We want this new free to use job board to be the go-to place for record-keeping jobs. Employers can post their jobs here and candidates can browse and search. Because the job board is hosted on a website it will be more easily found by people using internet searches and take job vacancies beyond those already working or studying in the sector. You will then benefit from attracting a wider pool of candidates, bringing much needed transparency and new skills into the sector.

Job Board

What does a career in recordkeeping look like?

If you are thinking about a career working in the recordkeeping sector? Click there to find out what kinds of jobs there are, what sort of work people do, what types of organisation you might work for and what sort of qualifications you might need.

New professional? If you are in the first five years of your career in the recordkeeping sector this section is for you.

You will find helpful tips and advice from the Archives and Records Association's Section for New Professionals as well as links to trusted resources, training and events that will help you in your career.

Employers - this section is for you

Whether you already employ record-keepers or are looking to hire someone for the first time this section has helpful resources such as sample job descriptions, information on inclusive recruitment practice and ARA's salary guidelines. You can also find the link here to register for the free job board to get posting your vacancies.

This site is in a testing phase

We are developing this site on a rolling basis in order to be responsive to the real needs of people working in (and looking to work in) the recordkeeping sector.

We very much value your feedback. Let us know what you liked, let us know if you didn’t find the information you were looking for, let us know if something looks wrong or appears to be broken. Just email deborah.mason@archives.org.uk

Thanks for helping us get this right!

This block is just for show

It shows how we might add a downloadable resource to the front page - maybe our next workforce report?

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