Please see below for details of a job opportunity cataloguing the papers of the Biochemical Society. This post will also appear in the ARC job opportunities listing.
Any responses should be sent to Alison McWhinnie, Head of HR and Corporate Affairs at the Biochemical Society ([log in to unmask])
Christopher Hilton
Dr. Christopher Hilton
Archives Team Leader
Wellcome Library
The Wellcome Trust
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The Biochemical Society
Archivist
Temporary 1 Year Contract
Do you have a degree and a postgraduate diploma (or MA) in Archive Administration (or equivalent), excellent organisational abilities, an eye for detail and a background in Archives? Are you self-motivated with a flexible approach? Do you have good IT skills together with high levels of literacy and numeracy? Love a challenge?
The Society's archives have recently been deposited in the Wellcome Library in London. The Society seeks an Archivist to catalogue this material to professional standards. The archives comprise early records of the Society, in-depth interviews with key scientists whose work has underpinned the development of biomedical science in the 20th Century and other important documents including the complete set of laboratory notebooks of Nobel Laureate Dr Fred Sanger.
The successful applicant will:
* Be aware of both archival professional standards and wider issues such as data protection.
* Be able to archive scientific records and papers
* Ability to work with CALM database software an advantage
Salary: £30,939 per annum
For an information pack, please contact Alison McWhinnie, Head of HR and Corporate Affairs by email [log in to unmask]
Closing date for applications: Thursday 15th November 2007
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