Position, Preventive Conservator British Library, London Full Time, Permanent
The British Library leads and collaborates in growing the world’s knowledge base. The Collection Care department, which comprises some 40 people working in Conservation, Conservation Science and Preventive Conservation, is responsible for the care of one of the largest, richest and most diverse research collections in the world. The Preventive Conservation team seeks to minimise risks to collections in storage, transit and use by providing best practice advice, support and expertise in order to improve the longevity, stability and accessibility of those items. In this role you will support disaster preparedness, collection care awareness training and coaching and quarantine activities across our sites in St. Pancras and Boston Spa, West Yorkshire plus providing support to other Preventive Conservation work programmes as required. You will need a degree in book, paper or archives conservation studies or equivalent experience, skills and knowledge. You will have recent practical hands-on experience conserving library/archive collections and a broad knowledge of preventive and practical conservation approaches and risk management/assessments. You will have proven experience of successfully planning and managing collection care projects and understand the need to prioritise tasks in order to meet deadlines. You will have a knowledge and understanding of emergency planning and incident response best practice. You will have strong interpersonal and communication skills and be able to develop good working relationships and work constructively across the wider organisation. You will need to be able to demonstrate experience of training staff and/or volunteers in aspects of collection care and/or preventive conservation. Closing Date: 8 October 2017 For more details about the role: https://britishlibrary.recruitment.northgatearinso.com/birl/pages/vacancy.jsf?latest=01001253 For an informal discussion about this role please contact Sarah Hamlyn ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) ****************************************************************************************************************** Experience the British Library online at www.bl.uk<http://www.bl.uk/> The British Library’s latest Annual Report and Accounts : www.bl.uk/aboutus/annrep/index.html<http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/annrep/index.html> Help the British Library conserve the world's knowledge. Adopt a Book. www.bl.uk/adoptabook<http://www.bl.uk/adoptabook> The Library's St Pancras site is WiFi - enabled ***************************************************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify the [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> : The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the British Library. The British Library does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. ***************************************************************************************************************** Think before you print ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
