Position at Canterbury Cathedral Archives

Conservation Manager
Canterbury Cathedral Archives

Full time position, 37 hours p.w.
UKP22,140 - UKP27,010

Based at Canterbury Cathedral Archives.

We are looking for an experienced conservator to lead our
conservation team, providing the full range of conservation and
preservation services for the Kent Archives Service and the Dean and
Chapter of Canterbury.

You will have an ability to manage staff and resources.

You will hold a recognised qualification in conservation or
bookbinding and have at least five years' practical,
post-qualification experience of paper, parchment and book
conservation, with fine binding and gold finishing skills an
advantage.

In accordance with the partnership agreement, you will work on the
varied collections of the Cathedral Archives, the Cathedral Library,
the Centre for Kentish Studies in Maidstone and the East Kent
Archives Centre near Dover, and develop databases for accurate
documentation of all historic information and treatments.

For an informal discussion, please contact Anna Whitehead, the
present postholder on +44 1227 865263, or Heather Forbes, Cathedral
Archivist on +44 1227 865330.

To apply for an information pack please contact

    The Recruitment Centre
    Invicta House
    Maidstone
    Kent ME14 1XX
    +44 1622 221765 (24 hour answerphone)
    el.recruitment [at] kent__gov__uk

Please quote reference L/04/34.

Closing date: June 18, 2004
Interview date: July 7, 2004

If invited to interview you will be asked to bring photographs and
examples of recent work.


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