Collection Care Conservator

THIS IS A RE-ADVERTISEMENT OF RECENT VACANCY 169584, PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY.

Concerning the position

Conservation and Assortment Care, primarily based on the Weston Library, are a part of the Particular Collections Division on the Bodleian Libraries. The part is organised into 3 areas, E book, Paper and Preventive Conservation. Alongside our curatorial colleagues they appear after and protect the objects within the assortment for present and future generations.

We’re happy to supply a brand new everlasting publish as a Assortment Care Conservator, working throughout the E book Conservation and Preventive Conservation sections. The position will give attention to the conservation remedy of the gathering, and preventive conservation duties together with rehousing tasks, assortment surveys, and assortment cleansing.

It is a everlasting, part-time publish working 29.2 hours (0.8FTE) per week. The post-holder will work onsite on the Weston Library.

The anticipated begin date for this place is July 2024.

This job consists of duties that may require extra safety pre-employment checks: a passable fundamental Disclosure and Barring Service test as a result of accessing and intensive dealing with of Particular Collections materials.

About you

We search for candidates who can show the next expertise:

• Expertise of guide and paper conservation remedies and preventive conservation.
• Glorious written and verbal communication expertise.
• Demonstrable capability to analyse and current info clearly for various audiences, along with recording info in our database.
• A versatile strategy to work.
• Glorious inter-personal expertise and the flexibility to work independently or as a part of a group.

What We Provide

As an employer, we genuinely care about our workers’ wellbeing and that is mirrored within the vary of advantages that we provide together with:

• A superb contributory pension scheme
• 38 days annual depart
• A complete vary of childcare companies
• Household depart schemes
• Cycle mortgage scheme
• Discounted bus journey and Season Ticket journey loans

Range

Our employees and college students come from all around the world, and we proudly promote a pleasant and inclusive tradition. Range is positively inspired, by various teams and champions, in addition to a variety of family-friendly insurance policies, corresponding to the correct to use for versatile working and help for employees getting back from intervals of prolonged absence, for instance, shared parental depart.

apply

You may be required to add your CV and a supporting proof type utilizing the connected template (or a supporting assertion) as a part of your on-line utility. Your supporting assertion ought to checklist every of the important and fascinating choice standards, as listed within the job description, and clarify the way you meet each.

The Chair of this recruitment panel can be Alexandra Walker, Assortment Care Conservator, who may be contacted with enquiries referring to the position ([email protected]). Normal queries in regards to the recruitment and utility course of ought to be directed to the Recruitment group inside our Human Sources division ([email protected]).

Solely functions acquired on-line by 12.00 noon (BST/GMT) on Monday 8 April 2024 may be thought-about. Interviews are anticipated to happen on Monday 22 April 2024.