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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 Email: [log in to unmask]