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Dear all Below are details of four new posts at the Parliamentary Archives which will appear in Career Opportunities on 15 December. Please note that the starting salary will not be less than the Society of Archivists' recommended minimum. Caroline ------------------ Caroline Shenton Assistant Clerk of the Records The Parliamentary Archives Palace of Westminster London SW1A OPW [log in to unmask] http://www.parliament.uk +44 (0)171 219 5318 (tel) +44 (0)171 219 2570 (fax) ________________ Parliamentary Archives Assistant Archivists (Four Posts) Salary in the range £15,213 - £21,472 The Parliamentary Archives, also known as the House of Lords Record Office, is seeking to recruit four assistant archivists to form a retrospective conversion project team. The Archives aims to have created a fully-functioning online catalogue for use over the web by 2005, containing data conforming to national and international standards on archival description. The jobs will, therefore be on a fixed-term basis running from April 2001 until March 2005 or until the job is completed, whichever is the sooner, with the possibility of permanent employment for one or more of the incumbents at the end of the fixed term. Recently-qualified archivists are welcome to apply. The work will involve a wide range of cataloguing and editing activities. As we will be creating a hierarchical, fully-referenced catalogue of our holdings for the first time ever, the work will also include a certain amount of relabelling, reboxing and reviewing of records as you convert their finding aids. You must have a recognised post-graduate archive qualification; some experience of archival cataloguing; a sound understanding of ISAD(G) and the NCA rules; confidence using Windows-based software and Microsoft Word; good keyboard skills; excellent team-working skills; and experience of delivering results on time, under pressure. On site facilities are excellent and include several restaurants and a health and fitness centre. The Archives provides support for those enrolled, or wishing to enrol, on the Society of Archivists Registration Scheme. Further details and an application form can be obtained from the Establishment Office, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW telephone 020 7219 6630 (answering machine). The closing date for requests for an application form is 12 January 2001 but please note that we will be unable to send out forms between 23 December 2000 and 2 January 2001. Completed forms should be returned by first post on Friday 19 January 2001. Interviews will be held at the end of January 2001. The House of Lords is an equal opportunities employer.