The National Gallery is looking for a Slide Librarian to job-share for 21
hours per week. The following advertisement appeared in The Guardian on
Monday 29th September. Further information about the post can be obtained
from the NG website or from Jennie Elphick - see below - but note the
closing date of Friday 17th October.
SLIDE LIBRARIAN
(Job share: 21 hours per week)
Salary: From £21,120 pa pro rata
You will share responsibility for the management, maintenance and
development of our Slide Library. You will work 21 hours per week in a job
share with a second part-time Slide Librarian who works 15 hours per week.
You will be required to work on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays as well as
a half day on either Monday or Tuesday each week.
You will share responsibility for a wide range of duties relating to
collection development, user services, resource management and strategic
planning.
You must have a good degree in the History of Art, a comprehensive knowledge
of Western European painting from the 13th to the early 20th century and an
interest in related subjects such as Religion, Mythology and European
History. Familiarity with the National Gallery's collection is essential.
Your visual awareness must be highly developed and you must have previous
experience of working in an art historical slide library. A good
understanding of at least two foreign European languages is required and you
must be neat and methodical and have the ability to work and think quickly
and accurately. You must have good communication skills and an informed
interest in the practical application of digital technology in a slide
library context.
Closing date: 17 October 2003
For an application pack please visit our website at
www.nationalgallery.org.uk <http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk>
Alternatively, please write to or telephone Jennie Elphick, The National
Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN. Tel. 020 7747 2812. Please quote
job ref. LIB/02/2.
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