Outreach and Engagement Officer

**About the role**





We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Outreach and Engagement
Officer to work for the AHRC funded project ‘The National Women’s MP: Joyce
Butler, women’s rights and women’s liberation from the 1950s to the 1970s’
with the Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL. This project is
led by Dr Lyndsey Jenkins, Mansfield College, Oxford, and is a collaboration
with Bruce Castle Museum and Archive Service, Haringey Council.





**The Role**





The successful candidate will design and deliver an outreach and engagement
programme under the direction of Dr Jenkins and in partnership with colleagues
at the Museum and Archive Service. Tailored and targeted towards different
stakeholders and audiences, this programme will incorporate online and in-
person elements to promote the archive collection and exhibition, while
reflecting the wider themes of the project. In particular, the successful
candidate will take the lead in designing and delivering a project with young
people which draws on and documents their response to the collection and
results in a creative output.





This role may require occasional weekend and/or evening work, and will be
primarily based at Bruce Castle Museum in Tottenham, north London, while also
allowing scope for remote working.





**About you**





You will be educated to A-level standard or have equivalent experience, and
have experience of community engagement and outreach, both in-person and
online. You will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal,
and ability to tailor communication to a diverse range of audiences, along
with experience of working with young people in educational and/or creative
projects. The ability to work independently, often without direct supervision,
taking advantage of new connections and opportunities, and prioritising
competing demands effectively is essential. Interest in women’s history and
experience of working in an archive, museum, arts, library or cultural
organisation is desirable.





**Application process**





Queries about the post should be addressed to Lyndsey Jenkins, Associate
Professor and Tutorial Fellow in History (lyndsey.jenkins@history.ox.ac.uk ).
All practical and procedural queries should be sent to our recruitments team:
recruitments@history.ox.ac.uk. All enquiries will be treated in strict
confidence; they will not form part of the selection decision.





As this role involves working with young people a satisfactory enhanced
Disclosure and Barring Service check due to regulated activity involving
children will be required.





As part of the online application process, you should provide a supporting
statement setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae
and the names and contact details of two referees.





Only applications submitted online and received before **noon Wednesday 7th
May 2025** will be considered.





Please note that you will receive an automated email from our online
recruitment portal to confirm receipt of your application. **Please check your
spam/junk mail if you do not receive this email**. You may also receive
updates on the status of your application via the same means.





**Committed to equality and valuing diversity**