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Dear colleagues I would be grateful if you could bring the following job opportunity to the attention of anyone who may be interested. This post will not be advertised in ARC Recruitment. Project Assistant - DNA & Social Responsibility Salary: Grade 3, currently £20,966 to £21,507 per annum (pro rata) inclusive of London Allowance Post duration: 8 months fixed term contract Hours: 35 hours per week Closing date: Friday 12 March 2010 Interview date: Tuesday 30 March 2010 An enthusiastic Project Assistant is required by King's College London to provide efficient and effective project assistance for 'DNA and Social Responsibility', a Wellcome funded project to catalogue and preserve the papers of Maurice Wilkins and related papers of King's College London Biophysics department. This post's main duties include digitisation and optimisation, creation of finding aids, assisting with basic preservation and repackaging, and contributing to project dissemination and outreach. Applicants should have a careful and thorough approach to work, an interest in modern history, excellent IT skills and good communication skills. About the project DNA and social responsibility: cataloguing and preserving the papers of Nobel Prize winner, Professor Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004), and of King's College London Biophysics Unit. This project will provide first time full access to an internationally significant archive reflecting the career of Professor Maurice Wilkins, together with a complete record of X-ray diffraction experiments carried out by the Biophysics Unit at King's College London, 1949-1977. These archives record the early experiments that led to the discovery of the structure of DNA, as well as reflecting the wider social impact and application of genetics research. The project will comprise the cataloguing and re-packaging of the collections outlined above and the publication of the full catalogues and collection-level descriptions on the website of King's College London and on AIM25. It will provide detailed catalogues to the highest professional standards supported by preservation standard repackaging. For informal enquiries about this post, please contact Lianne Smith on [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 020 7848 1925. For details of how to apply please see: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php?jobindex=8674 Many thanks Lianne Smith ________________________________ Lianne Smith Archivist (User Services and Cataloguing) Archives Services, King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS Tel: 020 7848 2015 www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/archives<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/archives> Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra