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Please find below an updated version of my previous post in a (hopefully) improved format!
Please find below information about a short-term freelance opportunity we currently have available at Explore York Libraries and Archives. Feel free to pass on to anyone you think may be interested.
Freelance Conservator: The B/Y Memoranda Book: Invitation to tender
£6,737 (negotiable)
Fixed Term (222.5 hours from beginning of contract)
Based at the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York
Following a generous grant from the Pilgrim Trust through the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, we are in a position to offer a short-term freelance conservation contract working on one of our medieval manuscript volumes. The B/Y Memoranda Book is one of the foundation documents of the medieval city of York. Together with its sister volume A/Y (conserved by an NMCT grant in around 2000) and the first Register of Freemen, B/Y forms part of the earliest surviving records of the city – at that time the second in England in terms of importance. The volume belongs to City of York Council and forms part of its archive collections, currently managed by Explore York Libraries and Archives. Rental of studio space is included in our grant funding, and as we do not have our own studio, the work will be carried out at the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York. Funding for the purchase of materials is also included in the grant.
As a qualified, experienced ICON-accredited conservator (or equivalent) with demonstrable experience of working with medieval records, you will work independently to carry out the recommendations in the treatment specification supplied as part of the bid process. You should also have excellent organisational and time management skills. Experience of working collaboratively with professional or specialist peers, who may have different or competing priorities, is highly desirable. Experience of project work would be beneficial but is not necessary. The treatment specification has been approved by the NMCT Trustees, and must be adhered to during the course of this project. Details of the specification can be found at the bottom of this page. The specification also includes a breakdown of the project work and an estimation of costs, although the costs can be negotiated with the successful party.
For more information or an informal chat about this post, please contact Laura Yeoman, Archivist (Access and Engagement) at [log in to unmask] If you would like to tender for this work, please send your CV stating why you feel you are right to carry out the work required, evidence of your qualifications and at least two testimonials from previous clients, to [log in to unmask] for consideration by our panel.
Further information about this post, including the treatment specification which must be adhered to, can be found on our website: https://www.exploreyork.org.uk/jobs/.
Closing date is 12pm on Friday 30 November 2018.
Please note to satisfy our grant conditions all work should be carried out by 31 March 2019.
Thanks very much,
Laura Yeoman
Laura Yeoman
Archivist (Access and Engagement)
t: 01904 553325
e: [log in to unmask]
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