Recruitment Position: Conservator (Paper and/or Book) Duration: Full Time Permanent (Begins March 2017 and will be subject to a 9 month probation period) Location: Parliamentary Archives, Palace of Westminster, Houses of Parliament, UK Salary: HL5 (25,400 - 29,623 GBP) Application Deadline: 23 January 2017 (Interviews are likely to be held the week of the 6 February 2017) Role Requirements: Significant post college experience working in conservation and collection care in a library and/or archive environment; some supervisory skills; educated to degree level or equivalent. Parliamentary records are at the heart of our democracy. They have embodied our liberties, rights and responsibilities for over five hundred years. The Parliamentary Archives helps Parliament work more efficiently and openly, enabling it to make its decisions and act as effectively as possible. And we want to inspire everyone with the compelling story of Parliament, people and communities right up to the present day.
The Archives is a shared service of both Houses of Parliament, based in the House of Lords but jointly funded by the House of Lords and House of Commons. It provides innovative and expert information management, preservation, access and outreach services enabling anyone in the world to use Parliament’s records, both now and in the future. It holds over 8km of physical records dating back to 1497 and its digital repository is now operational and growing rapidly. These records include many of the most important constitutional records in the UK, such as the Bill of Rights, the 1832 Great Reform Act and the Death Warrant of Charles I, as well as up to four million others which have touched the lives of everyone and every community in this country and many abroad. This is an exciting opportunity for a practicing Conservator with some preservation experience to join the Parliamentary Archives. You will work to support the Collection Care Manager and Conservation Studio Manager in the development of collection care workflow and assist in the development and occasional supervision of two Collection Care Assistants. The main focus of the role will be to undertake a programme of specialist conservation and preservation treatment to the Archive’s collection of records (bound and flat) and support the Conservation Studio Manager through various operational activities, such as communicating with stakeholders across the Parliamentary estate and visitors, and teaching interns and junior staff. To view further details and apply please follow this link: https://houseoflordsjobs.engageats.co.uk/ <https://houseoflordsjobs.engageats.co.uk/> Lara Artemis ACR | Collection Care Manager and Exhibition Loans Registrar | Parliamentary Archives | Houses of Parliament. London SW1A 0PW. UK |+44(0)207 219 1719 <tel:+44(0)207%20219%201719> UK Parliament Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential to the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying is not permitted. This e-mail has been checked for viruses, but no liability is accepted for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. This e-mail address is not secure, is not encrypted and should not be used for sensitive data. ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
