Salary

The role is offered at SCS Pay Band 1 level with a salary of up to £100,000. This role is offered on a permanent, full time basis.

Location

The National Archives is located at 9 Ruskin Avenue, Richmond TW9 4DU.

This is a significant leadership role requiring a visible, present leader. While a combination of onsite and home working is available, you should be able to regularly travel to our iconic Kew site.

Colleagues are required to spend 60% of their time working face to face predominantly onsite, in line with the wider Civil Service. 

Benefits

Generous benefits package, including pension, sports and social club facilities, onsite gym, discounted rates at our on-site cafe and opportunities for training and development.

Pension

Alongside your salary, The National Archives contributes £28,970 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.