Rob Baker
London
Summary
I am an experienced professional with a background in different aspects of archives and records management work. I enjoy the responsibilities of running an archives service, managing staff and volunteers and working with colleagues in other teams. I am flexible and adaptable and enjoy new challenges.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Information and Archives Executive
Blind Veterans UK
London
10.2011 - 05.2024
Managing the archives service
Promotional activity including exhibitions, talks, TV, radio and social media
Cataloguing
Digitisation
Enquiries
Head of Archive and Library
RSA
London
11.2006 - 09.2011
Managed the archives service
Led a team of four
Responsibility for the departmental budget
Promotional acitivity including talks, tours, displays, participation in London Open House
Archivist
Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust
London
11.2003 - 11.2006
Accessioning and cataloguing
Improving storage conditions
Answering enquiries
Promoting the archives internally and externally
Curatorial Officer
The National Archives
London
05.1997 - 11.2003
Liaising with, advising and inspecting archives in Wales and London
Representational duties on regional and national bodies
Providing advice to grant-awarding bodies
Developing and maintaining the learning website Archives in Focus
Work on the National Register of Archives
Education
Postgraduate Diploma - Archive Adminstration
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth 09.1994 - 05.1996
Bachelor of Arts - English
Bangor University
Bangor 09.1987 - 05.1991
A-Levels - English, History, Economics
Queen Mary's College
Basingstoke, Hampshire 09.1985 - 06.1987
O Levels - Include Mathematics, English Language, English Literature
Elfed High School
Buckley, Flintshire 09.1979 - 06.1984
Skills
Managing staff and volunteers
Public speaking
Social media management
Cataloguing
Budget management
Affiliations
- Cinema, theatre, reading, socialising with friends
Timeline
Information and Archives Executive
Blind Veterans UK
10.2011 - 05.2024
Head of Archive and Library
RSA
11.2006 - 09.2011
Archivist
Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust
11.2003 - 11.2006
Curatorial Officer
The National Archives
05.1997 - 11.2003
Postgraduate Diploma - Archive Adminstration
Aberystwyth University
09.1994 - 05.1996
Bachelor of Arts - English
Bangor University
09.1987 - 05.1991
A-Levels - English, History, Economics
Queen Mary's College
09.1985 - 06.1987
O Levels - Include Mathematics, English Language, English Literature
Elfed High School
09.1979 - 06.1984
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