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
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]
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
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Lianne Smith
Archivist (User Services
and Cataloguing)
Archives Services, King's College
Tel: 020 7848 2015
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