Managing military collections as part of Heritage Doncaster, handling and responding to research enquiries from the public and researchers, volunteer management and event organisation

Working as part of a team to deliver a community heritage project marking the centenary of the First World War. Responsibilities include undertaking research using original and secondary sources, developing and delivering static and travelling exhibitions, developing content and delivering roadshow and community engagement heritage events and managing research volunteers.

• Responsible for a variety of roles within the museum including collections management.• Key tasks include assisting with events organisation and management, reinterpreting and redisplaying exhibitions, managing and promoting the museum’s social media outlets, volunteer management and organisation.• Successfully catalogued and organised the museum’s photo archive to make it more accessible for staff and the public.•Further developed existing archival research skills, helped to promote sales of new visitor pass initiative, built on existing understanding of social media and developed it to be relevant in a museum setting and expanded understanding of the diversity of museum work.

• Responsible for undertaking independent archival research for a community heritage project about the impact of WW1 and providing general support to archive service.• Key tasks include data entry, creation of information documents, assisting with organisation and cataloguing of items and retrieval of archival document requests for general public.• Successfully collated and created a locations guide of collections within archive to facilitate better document retrieval process for public requests. • Acquired practical understanding of archival documentation processes, usage of databases and data entry and further developed archival research skills.

• Tasked with assisting Educational Services with their activity programmes.• Key tasks include researching and assisting with creation of educational materials for use by children, helping to run activity days and school workshops.• Successfully independently researched and identified key documents and information about the farming history of Cusworth Hall for use in an educational workshop.• Further developed independent research skills for educational purposes. Built on existing customer service, interpersonal skills and team work experience.