REMINDER - Vacancy at the Royal Opera House Collections
The closing date for the post of Archivist is 8am on Monday 10 June 2019
£28,927.50 per annum (full-time, 40 hours per week)
Permanent contract
At the Royal Opera House we want many more people to enjoy and engage in exceptional ballet and opera. Royal Opera House Collections collect, preserve and provide access to an extraordinary collection that records the history of the Royal Opera House. The collection represents a journey into the diverse history of this institution since 1732, documenting all aspects of the artistic and organizational history of the three theatres that have stood on the site.
http://www.roh.org.uk/about/roh-collections
We are currently seeking an experienced Archivist to assist in the preservation, management and development of, and engagement with, the Collections. They will join the ROH Collections team, which comprises the Head of Collections, three Archivists and the Collections Assistant.
Reporting to the Head of ROH Collections, the Archivist will:
- Develop a detailed knowledge of the Collections and use this knowledge to appraise and acquire new material to enhance the Collections;
- Undertake activities to ensure the care and preservation of the collections stored at the Covent Garden, Egham and Purfleet sites with particular responsibility for overseeing the collections Egham;
- Catalogue collections to agreed standards using the Adlib database and contribute to the development of the online catalogues;
- Encourage access by developing and participating in public engagement activities, displays and digital resources;
- Deliver information and reader services to internal and external users.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your experience within a busy archive with a growing and very diverse range of materials. The successful candidate will hold a post-graduate qualification in Archives Management or equivalent and be able to demonstrate experience of:
Working in archives and historic collections;
- Appraising and acquiring new material to enhance collections;
- Managing large collections and storage areas, and identifying preservation and conservation needs;
- Cataloguing archives and objects to agreed standards and using cataloguing databases, ideally Adlib.
- Delivering a range of public engagement activities and digital resources to promote archives;
- Providing reader services and assisting researchers.
We actively encourage BAME and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams.
A full job description is available at http://recruitment.roh.org.uk/vacancyView.php?requirementId=3548 . To apply, please scroll down and click Apply Now. If you have any access requirements or queries regarding the recruitment process please contact the HR Department via e-mail to [log in to unmask] or by telephone on +44 (0)20 7212 9631.
Closing date for applications: 8am, Monday 10 June 2019
Interviews will be held on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 June 2019
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