Administration Officer, Records

Location: London, UK
Closing date: 2nd February 2015
Contract duration: 3 years fixed term

£35,096 pa + benefits

This key role is perfect for a graduate in social sciences with at least five years’ experience of handling confidential written information; formatting and preparing conference documentation; and electronic archiving and documentation software.

You will ensure the smooth-running of our Political Division through maintaining an efficient registry and a speedy archive-retrieval system, producing consistently high-quality documents; supporting the running of often very high-level meetings; and advising colleagues on archival policies. Importantly, you will also be responsible for annually vetting a large number of archives with a view to fulfilling our obligations under the 30-year rule and releasing them into the public domain.

This will involve developing and maintaining systematic and well-organised systems, both manual and electronic, and databases; preparing, editing, proof-reading and co-ordinating documentation; maintaining the secure website; and using political sensitivity and judgement, institutional knowledge and attention to detail when reading and assessing material.

You must be a citizen of a Commonwealth country able to thrive in our multi-cultural environment.

As the inter-governmental body of the Commonwealth, comprising 53 independent sovereign states, our overall aim is to provide sustainable and people-centred development through professional advice, transfer of best practice and the enhancement of skills and knowledge. This is an exciting time to join us. Demand-driven, we recently refocused our priorities, creating this, and other, new roles together to make a tangible improvement to the wellbeing of 2.2 billion citizens, 60% of whom are under 30 years of age. 

Deadline for applications is 17:00 GMT on 2 February 2015. 

London, UK

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