UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON: Particular Collections Archives Assistant (Venture)

Tutorial Engagement & Innovation

Location:  Hartley Library

Wage:   £23,700 to £25,138 each year

Half Time Fastened Time period for 3 years (18 hours per week)

Closing Date:  Friday 24 Could 2024

Interview Date:   To be confirmed

Reference:  2710224KX

The Archives and Particular Collections has holdings of round 7 million manuscript gadgets and 50,000 books in purpose-built lodging within the Hartley Library on the College of Southampton. It’s an Accredited Archive Service. The archival holdings are particularly robust in political and military materials for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the archives of Anglo-Jewry characterize one of many largest collections of such materials within the UK. Different rising assortment areas are these for maritime archaeology and the Basque baby refugee archive. 

The position 

Would you wish to play a key position in a venture for the care and curation of a world-class Anglo-Jewish archive?  If you are interested in archives and particular collections and wish to be a part of our small however busy workforce in Archives and Particular Collections, we wish to hear from you.

You should have expertise of working inside an archive, museum, or different heritage surroundings, have some information of archive cataloguing techniques and processes and familiarity with dealing with archival materials. It is possible for you to to reveal robust communication skills each written and verbal, and you should have an excellent eye for element.  It’s best to have the ability to thrive inside a small, pleasant workforce, and be open and captivated with creating new expertise.

The position will give attention to collections care and repacking work on the archive of Rabbi Solomon Schonfeld and contributing to the Archives cataloguing and itemizing programme to reinforce descriptions of the fabric. It additionally will present help for the Archives and Uncommon Books Searchroom providers to a variety of customers.

This can be a part-time (18 hours, Monday to Friday between 0800-1700) fastened time period put up for a three-year externally funded venture because of begin July 2024. The Hiring Division can be open to debate the sample of the hours labored.

Please see the job description for additional particulars. 

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