{"id":5488,"date":"2026-04-08T16:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=5488"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:25:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:25:57","slug":"vacancy-for-an-editor-volunteer-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=5488","title":{"rendered":"Vacancy for an Editor \/ Volunteer Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5488\" class=\"elementor elementor-5488\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a91818 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a91818\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2655946a\" data-id=\"2655946a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da83816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7da83816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b00b3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b00b3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f30d1b6\" data-id=\"f30d1b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0680d7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0680d7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thurcaston-coffin013-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-5481\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thurcaston-coffin013-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thurcaston-coffin013-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thurcaston-coffin013-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thurcaston-coffin013-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/thurcaston-coffin013-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The 'Coffin Bridge' at Thurcaston, one of the parishes in the study<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-354345a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"354345a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-258891b\" data-id=\"258891b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb4818a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb4818a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Are you passionate about local history? Do you have experience of working with original primary sources to investigate local history topics? Would you like to work on a project exploring the history of parishes in the Charnwood Forest area of Leicestershire?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b935a30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b935a30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77d5c88\" data-id=\"77d5c88\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd4807d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd4807d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust wishes to recruit an Editor\/Volunteer Coordinator for a community-based history project funded by Charnwood Forest Geopark and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. We are looking for a person with a postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline to produce a series of 20 Historical Digests for Leicestershire parishes within the Charnwood Forest Geopark area. This is a fixed term part-time contract for a self-employed contractor that will run until 22 December 2026.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b84191c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b84191c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a594bc9\" data-id=\"a594bc9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53ebe55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53ebe55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Editor\/Volunteer Coordinator\u2019s role will be to produce the Historical Digests in the agreed format for the specified parishes. This will involve historical research in published and unpublished primary sources, supporting existing and new volunteers carrying out such research and writing up the Digests in the format agreed with Charnwood Forest Geopark. The new Editor\/Volunteer Coordinator will also recruit, train and provide ongoing support to a new volunteer group to carry out original research in primary sources over a three-month period on the history of two or three parishes in the project area (not restricted to the Digest topics).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b356587 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b356587\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd56957\" data-id=\"dd56957\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe997a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe997a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can find out more about this project and the topics to be covered within the Digests <a href=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=5462\">here<\/a>.\u00a0The full specification and details of how to apply can be downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Editor-and-Volunteer-Coordinator-Geopark-Digests.pdf\">here<\/a>. <strong>The closing date for applications is midday on Tuesday 28 April 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b03fc2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b03fc2c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0498b5\" data-id=\"c0498b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3590810 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3590810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/triple-logo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5460\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/triple-logo.jpg 632w, https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/triple-logo-300x73.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Coffin Bridge&#8217; at Thurcaston, one of the parishes in the study Are you passionate about local history? Do you have experience of working with original primary sources to investigate local history topics? Would you like to work on a project exploring the history of parishes in the Charnwood Forest area of Leicestershire? 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