The following post has been advertised in ARC recruitment, please can you bring it to the attention of anyone who you think might be interested? 

 

Ipswich Record Office

Cataloguing Archivist

Full time

Salary £22,664 - £25,940

13 months fixed term contract

 

This is a significant opportunity for someone with enthusiasm for cataloguing to improve access to Suffolk Record Office collections.  Additional funding has been allocated by Suffolk County Council to reduce the cataloguing backlog.  The new catalogues created will be available online.

 

The ideal candidate will be able to work independently and as part of the Collections Team and have:

 

  • A degree and professional archive qualification.
  • Experience of cataloguing and indexing a wide range of collections within a defined brief, to professional standards using archival software, preferably CALM. 
  • An excellent knowledge of archive and local history sources.
  • Good IT and time management skills to produce high quality work to strict targets and will be organised, methodical and self-motivated.  Accuracy in data entry is also required. 
  • Highly developed problem solving skills to establish the arrangement of catalogues, inter-relationship of records within collections and between collections.
  • Manual handling skills and physical fitness to survey and sort collections prior to and during cataloguing and to oversee their packing, numbering and storage once catalogued.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills to provide professional guidance to volunteers, local communities and organisations involved in cataloguing and indexing and to establish a relationship of trust with depositors. 

 

For an informal chat only about these posts please ring Bridget Hanley, Collections Manager on 01473 584531.

 

More details including the Job and Person Profile and application form can be found at http://www.suffolkjobsdirect.org/jobdetails.asp?jobid=13905

 

Please quote post number 635499

 

Closing Date: Friday 30th January 2009

 

Bridget Hanley

Collections Manager

Libraries, Archives and Information

Adult and Community Services
Ipswich Record Office
Gatacre Road
Ipswich
IP1 2LQ

Tel: 01473 584531
Fax: 01473 584533

http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice  

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