TIME SENSITIVE Recruitment Position: Collection Care Assistant (Book and/or Paper)
Duration: Part Time Permanent (3 days per week-Monday to Weds) Location: Parliamentary Archives, Palace of Westminster, Houses of Parliament, UK Grade and Salary: HL4 (22,150 - 25,212 GBP) Application Deadline: 9th April 2017 (Interviews are likely to be held the week of the 24th April 2017) Parliamentary records are at the heart of our democracy. They have embodied our liberties, rights and responsibilities for over five hundred years. The Parliamentary Archives helps Parliament work more efficiently and openly, enabling it to make its decisions and act as effectively as possible. And we want to inspire everyone with the compelling story of Parliament, people, and communities right up to the present day. The Archives is a shared service of both Houses of Parliament, based in the House of Lords Department of Information Services but jointly funded. It provides innovative and expert information management, preservation, access and outreach services enabling anyone in the world to use Parliament's records, both now and in the future. It holds over 8km of physical records dating back to 1497 and its digital repository is now operational and growing rapidly. These records include many of the most important constitutional records in the UK, such as the Bill of Rights, the 1832 Great Reform Act and the Death Warrant of Charles I, as well as four million others which have touched the lives of everyone and every community in this country and many abroad. Preservation & Access is one of three teams in the Archives alongside the Information and Records Management Service and Public Services & Outreach. The three team heads report to the Director, who is head of the office. The Preservation & Access team brings together responsibility for preservation of records in all forms, their cataloguing and digitisation, and the provision of online access to records and finding aids. Within this, the Collection Care sub-team delivers a quality collection care service for the Archives. The main focus of the Collection Care team is to help enable safer access to the historic and modern collections in our care by applying a complex range of stabilisation techniques and skills that aim to prevent further damage and deterioration. The team also supports other collection care work across the Parliamentary estate. This new role focuses on the book and paper collections. Under the guidance and supervision of the Collection Care Manager and two conservators, the post holders will undertake technical support, including working within a programme of specialist conservation and preservation treatments to the Archive's collection of records on paper, parchment, seals, photographs, audio-visual, printed and manuscript. The role will be focused around preparing and maintaining collections for handling during reader usage and digitisation, packing and storage, transit, exhibition preparation, including install/de-installation and display. Other tasks will include making cradles and mounts; surveying the conditions of the collections and making assessments of their preservation requirements; helping to provide clear documentation; providing collection care support to the digitisation programme; and helping with the training of placements and staff, all under the supervision of a conservator. The post begins soon after security clearance and will be subject to a 9 month probationary period. Benefits include membership of a pension scheme; annual leave 30 days pro rata, then 35 days pro rata after one year's service; and assistance for childcare. To apply for this post, please ensure you complete all sections of our online application form found at https://houseoflordsjobs.engageats.co.uk/ (post reference1870) by 9th April (by 23.59pm) 2017. The House of Lords is committed to Equal Opportunities. Lara Artemis ACR | Collection Care Manager and Exhibition Loans Registrar | Parliamentary Archives | Houses of Parliament. London SW1A 0PW. UK | +44(0)207 219 1719 UK Parliament Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential to the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying is not permitted. This e-mail has been checked for viruses, but no liability is accepted for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. This e-mail address is not secure, is not encrypted and should not be used for sensitive data. ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
