BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY HERITAGE TRUST
ARCHIVE ASSISTANT – FOUR MONTHS - ONE POST
37 hours a week @ £7.93 per hour
The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust based at the Heritage Motor
Centre in Gaydon near Warwick, holds the largest Archive in the world of
historic documentation and photographic material relating to the British
Motor Industry. Following a serious flood in October 2006 the Archive
Department is now looking for an assistant to help implement our long-term
recovery programme.
The post-holders will be required to assist with:
1. Reboxing and relabelling displaced materials
2. Relocation of boxes as part of a modular programme of cleansing
and shelving replacement (this will involve contact with damaged
materials and lifting heavy boxes)
3. Re-integration of displaced material into the core Archive
collections
4. Extensive redocumentation onto computer catalogue
Desirable qualities and experience:
1. Prior experience of computer cataloguing
2. Attention to detail and accuracy
3. Ability to work as part of a team
4. Flexibility to carry out tasks in a variety of working conditions
It will be necessary to have your own vehicle as there is very limited
public transport to the Heritage Motor Centre which is situated in a rural
area of Warwickshire. Visit www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk for more
details about the Centre.
closing date for applications – 10th April 2008
interviews to take place during the end of April
Please apply with CV and covering letter in the first instance to:
Gillian Bardsley
BMIHT Archivist
Heritage Motor Centre
Banbury Road, Gaydon
Warwick, CV35 0BJ
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