Conservation Scientist Intern - St Pancras, United Kingdom - British Library

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Location:
St Pancras

Hours:
Fixed term - Full time

Grade:
Intern

Salary:
£22,371
The British Library is pleased to offer a 10 month funded internship in the conservation science team.


The intern will gain experience in performing scientific analysis on items from the BL's collections and working in a lab-based environment, including processing and preparing samples, designing and executing laboratory testing, making observations and interpreting findings.

They will also learn how to make analysis decisions for a range of collection items and gain an understanding of the ethical and practical considerations that this involves.


The intern will be based in the British Library Centre for Conservation (BLCC) within the conservation team and will be supervised by the Lead conservation scientist, who will actively monitor and discuss work on a regular basis.

As one of the world's great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation's intellectual memory for the future and make it available to all for research, inspiration and enjoyment.

At present we have well over 170 million items, in most known languages, with three million new items added every year.

We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We make our collections and programmes available to all.

We operate the world's largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world.

What matters to us is that we preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future by anyone, anywhere.

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 a minimum of 26.6% (this may be higher dependant on grade.

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.


Closing date: 26 November 2023

Interview date: 08 December 2023

We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role, as it does not meet the eligibility criteria required for this immigration route

PLEASE NOTE THE BELOW FOR YOUR APPLICATION:
Industry

Education, Teaching

Job Sector

Science

Job Position

Molecular Biology

Address

St Pancras, London, UK

Post date

  • 20/11/2023
Closing date

  • 26/11/2023
Reference Number

R
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