Thank you for taking the time to read this email, we just wanted to send a reminder around that our Project Archivist vacancy is due to close on the 10th December.

 

Further details about the role can be accessed via the following link: http://jobs.jic.ac.uk.

 

 

 

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Archivist to develop and professionalise the management of the Historical Collections housed at the John Innes Centre and to assist with championing the collections within the Centre and wider research community.

 

The objectives of the work will be developing a suite of acquisitions/collections policies and manuals for the Centre’s Historical Collections and helping embed best practice and to complete a started project of cataloguing and conservation in the Bateson and Darlington Libraries at JIC, working to a list of actions. The post holder will also assist in the updating of a disaster plan for the Historical Collections.

 

A further objective is to scope a system to improve the transfer of current science records from across the enlarged site into the historical archives.

 

If time allows, the post will involve cataloguing further remaining collections and dealing with copyright issues.

 

This 18 month part time or 9 month full-time appointment is funded by the Wellcome Trust and forms part of their ambitious strategic programme for collecting, digitising and interpreting resources for ‘Modern Genetics and its Foundations’, including scientific, political, economic, social and personal viewpoints.

 

This would be an excellent career development opportunity for a qualified archivist to work with collections of outstanding significance to early genetics in the UK and to put in place professional management practices. The successful candidate will have a Degree and a recognised professional postgraduate qualification in archives and records management.

 

The post will involve climbing stairs, and moving books and boxes from shelves. However, we are proud to be a ‘Two Ticks’ employer and promote the commitments linked to this award, which includes considering reasonable adjustments.

 

Salary on appointment will be within the range £30,500 to £33,750 per annum depending on qualifications and experience.  

 

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our web site http://jobs.jic.ac.uk or contact Human Resources, Norwich BioScience Institutes Partnership, Norwich Bioscience Institutes, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK, 01603 450462 quoting reference 1002159. As a user of the of the disability symbol, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for this vacancy.

 

The closing date for applications will be 6^th December 2015 with interview planned for the 10^th December

 

 

The John Innes Centre is a registered charity (No. 223852) grant-aided by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.