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Please pass onto colleagues for interest.
Sandra


Position: Freelance Social History Researcher
Organisation: Croydon Museum Service, London Borough of Croydon
Location: Croydon Clocktower, Katharine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET
Closing date: 3 June 2005
Payment: £9000 plus expenses
1 post (36 hours per week can be worked flexibly on agreement)
6 month contract

Overview:
This is an exciting time to join us at Croydon Museum Service.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has just grant-aided us £1 million to redevelop 
our community history gallery.
We are in the process of collecting content for the new Museum of Croydon.

We want the new Museum of Croydon to represent Croydon from 1800 to the 
present day and demonstrate its evolution from market town to the capital’s 
largest borough.

Our aims for the exhibition include:
-       Conveying a positive and balanced impression of Croydon
-       Being people-focussed and showing that everyone plays a role in history
-       Using oral history and object displays to look at all aspects of human 
life and acting as a public forum for the discussion of difficult subjects
-       Exploring Croydon’s past and present as a multicultural place

Role:
The Social History Researcher will undertake targeted areas of research and 
collecting from 1800 to the present day to represent the full breadth of 
Croydon and its diverse communities. The job will involve:

-       researching areas of 19th century local history
-       locating and photographing suitable objects to be lent to the new Museum 
of Croydon from museums and other institutions and from local people.
-       undertaking focussed areas of collecting to represent Croydon in the 20th 
century, again locating objects and negotiating loans
-       making contact with individuals
-       conducting and recording oral history interviews
-       annotating the tapes, processing photographs and updating and reference 
information systems.

The researcher will be part of the museum service’s team of 15 people and 
will report to the Collections & Interpretation Manager.

Applicants should have a genuine interest in social history and community 
based museums.
Experience of working in the sector (paid or voluntary) and relevant 
experience is required.
The ability to interact well with people is very important. The applicant 
will need to be fluent in both written and spoken English.

For further details please contact Isabel Wilson, Collections & 
Interpretation Manager on 0208 253 1026 (Tuesday ? Thursday) or e-mail 
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Also please see our website www.croydon.gov.uk

Application is by CV and supporting letter which should set out and give 
examples of how you meet the criteria as set out in the person 
specification. It should be submitted by 3 June to Isabel Wilson, 
Collections & Interpretation Manager, Croydon Clocktower, Katharine Street, 
Croydon, CR9 1ET by post or e-mail. Interviews are scheduled for 14 June.

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