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A reminder that the deadline for applications to this role is 9.00am on Monday morning (February 20th). Best wishes, Carys Project Archivist Full-time, 40 hours per week £27,769 per annum (pro-rata for the length of the contract) Fixed-term position for 33 weeks The National Portrait Gallery houses a unique collection of all forms of portraiture of the people who have made or are currently contributing to British history and culture; the collection is the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. The Gallery attracts over 2 million visits a year and is among London's most popular attractions, it reaches and engages these, and further UK and global audiences, with its extensive display, exhibition, research, learning, outreach, publishing, digital and national programmes. In 2016 the Gallery received funding from the National Cataloguing Grants Programme for Archives to catalogue and promote archives associated with Lucian Freud (1922-2011) and members of his family. We require a Project Archivist to undertake this work. These records are part of the Gallery's Collected Archives and when catalogued will provide invaluable insight into the development of Freud's artistic practice and aspects of his early family life. These archives include multiple volumes of Lucian Freud's sketchbooks, loose childhood drawings and correspondence, as well as exhibition and private view cards, texts, recordings, press-cuttings and a collection of ephemera spanning his career. The archives also contain records associated with Lucian's parents Ernst and Lucie Freud (nee Brash) including correspondence between the couple and letters written by their sons following the family's relocation from Germany to England in 1933. The successful candidate will possess a degree and a recognised Post-Graduate qualification in Archives Administration as well as demonstrable relevant experience in cataloguing archive collections and German language proficiency. We are also looking for a candidate who is methodical, accurate and careful and possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills. Full details of this and all other employment opportunities at the Gallery can be viewed at our website www.npg.org.uk/jobs<http://www.npg.org.uk/jobs> or requested by e-mailing: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Closing date for returned applications is 9.00am on Monday 20 February, 2017. Interviews will be held on Thursday 02 March, 2017. Please indicate on your form if you will be unable to make this particular date. The Gallery is committed to equality and is a member of the Employers' Forum on Disability, Race for Opportunity and the Equality Exchange. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carys Lewis Archivist National Portrait Gallery St Martin's Place London WC2H 0HE T 020 7321 6606 F 020 7306 0056 www.npg.org.uk<http://www.npg.org.uk/> click here<http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/news2/newsletter-sign-up.php> to register for the Gallery's e-newsletter This e-mail, and any attachment, is intended only for the attention of the addressee(s). Its unauthorised use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies and inform the sender by return e-mail. P Please consider the environment; do you really need to print this email? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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