CITY OF LONDON
CULTURE, HERITAGE AND LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT
LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES
Book Conservator – UK Jewish Community Archives Programme (Fixed Term – 12 Months)
Salary: Starting salary £32,760 including Inner London Weighting
LMA is recruiting a book conservator for a grant funded project, fixed term for 12 months. The post holder will be required to assess the condition and treat items from selected Anglo-Jewish archives held at LMA. The collections consist of a great variety of documents and formats such as volumes, bundles, photographs and modern media created between the late sixteenth century and today.
The purpose of the post is twofold: to assess the condition of selected collections and to carry out the necessary conservation treatments to allow their safe access and long term preservation. The successful candidate will be asked to run a survey in order to establish the condition of the items, propose conservation treatments and packaging solutions, and estimate the time to stabilise the items unfit for handling and access. In the second phase of the project, the conservator will carry out the conservation treatments proposed in the survey and manage the work of repackaging that will be carried out by selected volunteers.
Applicants will have a recognised qualification in the fields of paper, archive or book conservation or equivalent. Experience of working in an archive would be an advantage.
The post holder will work to the Conservation Studio Manager.
The closing date for this position is 19 September 2016 at 12 noon.
Interviews: Tuesday-Wednesday 27-28 September 2016
Please see Job Information Pack at http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/jobs/Documents/Job%20Information%20Pack%20CHL175.pdf.
To apply, go to http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/jobs/Pages/default.aspx and search for “conservator”.
Please contact 020 7332 3978 (24hr answerphone) quoting reference number CHL175 if you experience any problems. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.
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