Members may be interested to know of a forthcoming vacancy for an Archives Assistant at Amnesty International. The salary will be £22,225 pa, and the closing date is 7 May. Interviews are expected to take place in early June. This job will not be advertised in ARC recruitment, please bring it to the attention of any non-list members that may be interested in applying. The Information Resources Program is seeking an Archives Assistant to work with the Archivist in order to maintain the organization’s paper, microfilm and electronic archival records. You will have either experience of archives work gained in an archival institution, public records office, company archive or similar environment, or you will be looking for relevant experience prior to taking an archives or records management degree. You will need experience of using databases and record keeping systems, accuracy and attention to detail. Good communication skills in English are also required. Knowledge of Spanish and/or French an advantage but not essential. A full job description and application form will be available on the AI website as of Monday 16 April: http://web.amnesty.org/jobs Informal enquiries may be addressed to Fiona Bolt : (tel) 0207 413 5583. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather Faulkner Archivist Amnesty International 1 Easton Street London WC1X 0DW Tel: +44 (0)207 413 5580 http://www.amnesty.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~