SUMMARY Full-time, fixed-term to 31 December 2021
Salary: GBP 26,000 per annum Closing date for applications: 12 August 2018 at midnight Interview dates: week commencing 20 August 2018 The British Library leads and collaborates in growing the world’s knowledge base. We are engaged in a major partnership with the Qatar Foundation and the Qatar National Library to digitise archival material relating to the history of the Gulf and Arabic manuscripts selected from the Library’s collections. We are a multi-disciplinary programme that includes conservation, content specialists, translation, imaging etc., with external funding committed until December 2021. The partnership is approaching the completion of its second phase, being on target to deliver 1,125,000 fully searchable and contextualised digital images, freely available via the dedicated portal at www.qdl.qa. The third phase (2019-2021) aims to add 800,000 images of similar but wider-in-range material. As a member of the conservation team you will provide a high standard and appropriate level of conservation treatment for items prior to digitisation, as well as liaising between different areas of the project to ensure correct handling of collection items. You will need a degree in book, paper or archives conservation studies or equivalent experience, knowledge and skills. You will have recent practical hands-on experience treating library/archive collections and a broad knowledge of preventive and practical conservation approaches and risk management/assessments. You will have strong communication and organisational skills, and proven experience of successfully planning and managing your own work in order to meet deadlines. You will have experience working with historic collections and be committed to developing your understanding of our holdings related to the Gulf and Arabic Science, and to expanding your knowledge of conservation of this material. In return we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits. Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes 20.9%. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays. We are a Disability Confident employer, and make a commitment to recruit and support disabled people. We guarantee an interview for disabled candidates who meet the minimum (essential) requirements for a vacancy. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSITION AND HOW TO APPLY FOR IT please follow this link: https://britishlibrary.recruitment.northgatearinso.com/birl/pages/vacancy.jsf?latest=01001585 Many thanks for your interest, Salvador Alcántara Peláez BLQFP Conservation Team Manager 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB email: salvador.alcantara-pel...@bl.uk Phone: 0044(0)2074127740 / 0044(0)7796390304 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to consdistlist-le...@cool.conservation-us.org Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
