CMS Assistant

By getting involved, you could

• • Gain valuable experience in the heritage sector, acquiring an understanding of the work of the National Trust
• • Acquire and develop skills, perhaps fitting around other responsibilities like university or work
• • Support varied projects helping out on conservation and research projects that will leave a lasting legacy at Florence Court
• • Gain practical experience in collections management and documentation
• • Join an enthusiastic and varied team and make some new friends

What's involved?

• • Learning how to use the Trust’s CMS (Collections manager System), where we hold all of the records about the items in our collections
• • Help the house team to do CMS tasks like annual audits of the collections, record when items have moved and help to inventory mark new items
• • See the collections at Florence Court up close and personal, and learn more about them than you ever thought possible!
• • Full training on all of these tasks will be given, and the volunteer team will always be supported by the house team

This role will suit you if you are...

• • Reliable, can work to deadlines and like to see projects through to the end
• • Happy and able to follow detailed instructions / processes
• • Patient, with good dexterity, spatial awareness and excellent hand/eye co-ordination
• • Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong attention to detail
• • Well organised, with good IT skills, particularly the Microsoft Office package (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• • Someone who likes being part of a team but can also work independently
• • Are able to work in quite cold conditions at times

Extra information

• We’ll help you get to know Florence Court, how you can help and how you will work with the rest of the team – with induction and training
• We provide equipment to help you do this role well and safely
• We’ll also cover agreed costs of your travel between home and Florence Court