• Arrange storage and labelling of all items for ease of use, in collaboration with the Facilities Team
  
• Advise the Facilities Team on appropriate storage options
  
• Update policies and procedures to be compatible with standards
  
• Consult with CAFOD staff, communicate the policies to them and encourage them to archive and retain historically significant documents
  Help staff to gather and organise material which should be archived
  
• Research our archives to gather historically significant documents
  
• Create a detailed life cycle of key decisions CAFOD has taken in its history and significant events which have influenced CAFOD’s way of working
  
• Identify and capture key points upon which CAFOD can learn from past experiences
  
• Examine the current materials held in the archive with a view to reducing the amount of data held.

Qualifications:

• Able to undertake research and logically present findings
  
• Able to work on own initiative and within a team
  
• Knowledge and understanding of the Catholic Church
  
• Sympathy with CAFOD’s vision, mission and values

Desirable:

• Qualified and/or experienced archivist
  
• Knowledge and understanding of development issues
  
• Comfortable with new technology.