Job Opportunities
Genealogist Job Opportunities
Edinburgh or Glasgow or Newcastle areas
Professional Genealogist required to operate our genealogy experiences in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Newcastle. Must have suitable qualifications or a minimum of five years’ experience working as a full-time genealogist.
Work will be on an occasional basis (as and when bookings occur from the Family History Gifts website)
The genealogist will work for 4.5 hours per genealogy experience.Â
The genealogist will work as part of Family History Gifts as a franchise.
Manchester or Liverpool, or Birmingham areas
2. Professional Genealogist required to operate our genealogy experiences in Manchester, Birmingham or Liverpool.
Same terms as above.
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Cardiff or Bath or Bristol areas
3. Professional Genealogist required to operate our genealogy experiences in Cardiff or, Bath or Bristol.Â
Same terms as above.
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Requirements:
- Â Suitable qualification: eg. a IHGS Diploma, a University of Dundee PG/MSC in Genealogy or a University of Strathclyde PG/MSC in Genealogy.Â
- Alternatively, we will consider applications from individuals who have no formal genealogical qualification, but who have a minimum of five years experience and who submit a CV along with a 500 word essay describing a genealogical problem or problems they have resolved. They must include their sources in the essay along with the correct citations for each source. Sources and citations are excluded from the 500 word count. The genealogical problem solved should preferably focus on English/Welsh or Scottish ancestry. The essay must demonstrate the breadth of the applicant’s knowledge and experience of a wide range of resources. It is not sufficient for the applicant to state they have ‘ten years experience’ – this tells us little about them. We need to ascertain whether the applicant can answer all of the client’s answers with authority.
If we decide to proceed with your application, you will be required to attend a Zoom interview where you will be tested on you knowledge of resources and where to find them.
Reliability
We pay you
- £25 per hour depending on gift experience.
- Travel expenses up to £11,
- Customer expenses up to £15.
Work days and Annual Leave
You will need to advertise the genealogy experiences on your website
This will help you get work.
While we advertise on your behalf and take bookings via our booking system, you will also be responsible for promoting the genealogy experience on your website and on social media. This will obviously promote the genealogy experiences to new customers for the benefit of yourself and family history gifts.
We find that once customers embark on a successful genealogy experience, they are likely to return, providing you with future income.
You can still do your other genealogical work...
You do not have to work exclusively for us. While you work on our genealogy experiences, you are free to pursue other genealogical work with your own customers as long as they are not genealogy experiences. If you are interested in any of the roles, contact us using our online form
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You do not have to work exclusively for us. While you work on our genealogy experiences, you are free to pursue other genealogical work with your own customers as long as they are not genealogy experiences.
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If you are interested in any of the roles, contact us using our online form