Collection Care Conservator

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

Concerning the function

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 give the impression of being after and protect the objects within the assortment for present and future generations.

We’re happy to supply a brand new everlasting put up as a Assortment Care Conservator, working throughout the E-book Conservation and Preventive Conservation sections. The function will deal with the conservation therapy of the gathering, and preventive conservation duties together with rehousing tasks, assortment surveys, and assortment cleansing.

It is a everlasting, part-time put up 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 contains duties that can require extra safety pre-employment checks: a passable primary Disclosure and Barring Service examine because of gaining access to and in depth dealing with of Particular Collections materials.

About you

We search for candidates who can exhibit the next expertise:

• Expertise of e-book and paper conservation therapies 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 power to work independently or as a part of a staff.

What We Supply

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 wonderful 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 workers and college students come from all around the world, and we proudly promote a pleasant and inclusive tradition. Range is positively inspired, by numerous teams and champions, in addition to plenty of family-friendly insurance policies, resembling the fitting to use for versatile working and assist for employees coming back from intervals of prolonged absence, for instance, shared parental depart.

apply

You may be required to add your CV and a supporting proof kind utilizing the hooked up template (or a supporting assertion) as a part of your on-line software. Your supporting assertion ought to record every of the important and fascinating choice standards, as listed within the job description, and clarify the way you meet every one.

The Chair of this recruitment panel can be Alexandra Walker, Assortment Care Conservator, who might be contacted with enquiries referring to the function ([email protected]). Basic queries concerning the recruitment and software course of needs to be directed to the Recruitment staff inside our Human Assets division ([email protected]).

Solely purposes obtained on-line by 12.00 noon (BST/GMT) on Monday 8 April 2024 might be thought of. Interviews are anticipated to happen on Monday 22 April 2024.