Dear Colleagues,

These jobs will not be advertised in ARC so please draw them to the attention of anyone you think might be interested:
 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND ARCHIVES SERVICE

The service includes both a successful and dynamic Information Management Service team who lead on Freedom of Information and Data Protection for the authority, and run a busy corporate Records Centre, as well as Gloucestershire Archives, which has a national reputation as a centre of excellence in local authority archival practice and was recently ranked as one of the top archive services in the country by the National Archives. We have provided a trainee archivist placement for over ten years and our trainees have an excellent success rate of gaining places on an accredited professional training course.  We are now recruiting for 2010/11 and are able to offer two trainee archivist posts:

TRAINEE ARCHIVISTS (TWO POSTS) ref 8/AJ/10/85

£14,733-£16,830 

Two fixed term contracts to run for one year, starting 5 July 2010
PLEASE NOTE: THESE POSTS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE WISHING TO QUALIFY BY LONG DISTANCE LEARNING DUE TO THE DURATION OF THE CONTRACT

The posts are designed for graduates wishing to obtain pre-qualification experience before undertaking an accredited course of study for a Diploma or MA in Archives Administration or Records Management
  
You will spend six months based with the Information Management Service where you will assist with the running of the record centre, and gain an understanding of information management and FOI/DP issues. You will also spend six months based with the Collections Management team where you will help to accession, catalogue, index and package a wide variety of archives, using CALM 2000 software. You will be involved regularly in our busy searchroom where your role will include helping to produce documents for researchers, so a reasonable level of physical fitness is essential.  As part of a planned training programme, you will be given opportunities to gain experience in all other aspects of the Service, including collections care and learning & outreach.

The successful candidate will hold an honours degree and must show a genuine commitment to a career in archives and information management.  Good keyboard skills, people skills, computer literacy and team-working are all essential to the post.

For further information contact Kate Maisey or Elizabeth Varley on 01452 425294/425098

For an application pack please phone the 24 hour job line on 01452 425340  
or email [log in to unmask]  Alternatively you can apply online at www.gloucestershire.gov.uk

The closing date for applications is 20 April 2010; interviews will be held on 12 May 2010

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