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Dear list members, Please see below details of a project archivist position based at the National Co-operative Archive, Manchester. Project Archivist: Working Together: Recording and preserving the heritage of the workers’ co-operative movement (Heritage Lottery Funded Project) Fixed term for 1 year Salary £22,572 The rapid upsurge of interest in the idea of working co-operatively in the 1970s-1990s led to a blossoming of a ‘new wave’ of co-operative businesses. These workers’ co-operatives played a significant role in their local communities but also had national significance. They aimed to create jobs where people were important, with an emphasis on sharing work, ownership, profits, responsibilities and decisions. The project seeks to ensure that the heritage of this significant social movement is preserved and made widely accessible by: · Identifying and making accessible for the first time records from workers’ co-operatives currently privately held. · Encouraging those holding workers’ co-operative heritage to deposit the materials in local record offices or the National Co-operative Archive. · Digitising selected key resources and make them available online on a website maintained by the Co-operative Heritage Trust. · Undertaking oral history interviews with key figures from that period. · Developing a series of case studies and learning resources and adding them to the website. · Producing exhibition panels Closing date: Monday 12 July, 12 noon Interviews to take place week commencing 24 July For job description and details of how to apply, please see: www.co-op.ac.uk/recruitment<http://www.co-op.ac.uk/recruitment> Sophie Stewart BA(hons), MA, MARM Archivist National Co-operative Archive t 0161 819 3027 e [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [archiveicon]Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester, M60 0AS t 0161 819 3034 f 0161 819 3001 e [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [twitter]<http://www.twitter.com/cooparchive>[facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/NationalCoOperativeArchive>[web]<http://www.archive.coop/>[newsletter]<http://www.co-op.ac.uk/news/college-newsletter>[justgiving]<https://www.justgiving.com/coopheritagetrust/>[coop] The National Co‑operative Archive is managed by The Co‑operative College on behalf of the Co‑operative Heritage Trust. The National Co‑operative Archive is proud to have the following accreditations & support: [supporters] You're welcome to help support us<http://www.archive.coop/> too. Putting education at the heart of co‑operation and co‑operation at the heart of education This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is addressed and is not intended to be relied upon by any person without subsequent written confirmation of its contents. Accordingly, the Co-operative Heritage Trust disclaim all responsibility and accept no liability (including in negligence) for the consequences for any person acting, or refraining from acting, on such information prior to the receipt by those persons of subsequent written confirmation. If you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete the message from your computer and destroy any copies. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this email message is strictly prohibited without the prior permission of the author. 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