Cataloguing Archivist - Penryn, United Kingdom - Falmouth Careers

Falmouth Careers

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Penryn, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About The Role:
An exciting and unique opportunity has arisen to join our Archives team as a

Cataloguing Archivist - ICS Political Collections for a 47-week (10.5 month) project due to funding from Archives Revealed, funded by The National Archives, The Pilgrim Trust and The Wolfson Foundation.

Based on the Penryn Campus, you will work in our small and enthusiastic Archives & Special Collections Team within the Student and Library Services Directorate, providing high quality services to our partners: Falmouth University and University of Exeter Penryn Campus.

You will catalogue four collections of varied paper records relating to mid-C20th politics in Cornwall, with a focus on Cornish Nationalism and comparable movements.

The post will also involve recruiting and managing a small team of volunteers and outreach activities to promote the Project.

About You:

Post graduate qualification in archives or other relevant field.
Knowledge of archive theory, standards and copyright and the legal framework of GDPR and FOI
Knowledge of conservations issues relevant to collections
Ability to supervise and motivate volunteers
High level of selfmotivation and the ability to work on your own initiative

For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.

The closing date for this position is

Sunday 20 August 2023.

About Us:

Falmouth Exeter Plus is the service delivery partner of Falmouth University and the University of Exeter. We deliver shared services and facilities for both partners in Cornwall underpinned by close collaboration with Students Union, the combined students' union for Falmouth and UoE, to ensure that the interests of students and staff are at the heart of everything we do. Both institutions are expanding their teaching and research operations in Cornwall at a pace.

It is, therefore, a fast-moving environment where agility and a positive approach to change and enhancement are critical, our purpose or mission is 'to deliver world-class shared professional services to help its university partners to achieve their global ambitions'.

benefits, including:

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Employer Pension Contribution up to 10%.
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28 days + 8 days bank holiday.
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Life Assurance
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Subsidised Gym Membership
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Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay
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Perkbox

Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from working across two leading Universities.