We are advertising for an archives assistant (one year fixed term contract).  Please see below for details (hopefully with formatting retained this time!).

Lesley Caine
Archivist
Warwickshire County Record Office



WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Communities
Heritage and Cultural Services

Temporary Archives Assistant/Receptionist  
(37 hours per week)
County Record Office, Warwick
Fixed term contract:  1st September 2012 - 31st August 2013
Band D £13,874 - £15,444 per annum

Are you interested in a career in Archives?
We are looking for a graduate wishing to gain relevant work experience prior to taking a post-graduate qualification in Archive Administration.

The County Record Office looks after Warwickshire’s historic archives, with records dating back to the 12th century.  Our busy public service welcomes two hundred or so visitors per week, facilitating family and local historians with their research.

This post is one of several which make up the Record Office’s Public Service team.  We are looking for an archive assistant with good communication skills and a commitment to delivering a high quality public service.  You will work on a rota basis as a receptionist, a document production assistant, and help our visitors to use the public computers. 

You will need to have a level of physical fitness to enable you to lift and carry documents on a daily basis from the strongrooms around the weight of 10kg.

The normal working week will be Monday to Friday and alternate Saturday mornings from 8.45 – 12.45, taking time off in lieu on a Monday.

Additionally there may be the opportunity of relief contracts for some of the   candidates unsuccessful at interview. This will be explained at the interview.

For an informal discussion please contact either Rosalind Green, Principal Archives Assistant on 01926 738955 or Rob Eyre, Senior Archivist on 01926 738954.

For further details about making an application please contact Clare Murdoch at Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park, Cape Road, Warwick 
CV34 4JS.  Tel: 01926 738951. email: [log in to unmask]
Or download an application form from: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/jobs/

Closing date for application forms: 22nd June 2012
Interview Date: 10th July 2012
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice

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