Internship at Chester Beatty Library

Conservation internship
Chester Beatty Library
Dublin

The Heritage Council and the Chester Beatty Library are pleased to
offer a twelve-month internship in conservation.  The scheme is
co-funded by the Heritage Council and the generous support of the
Library's Contributing Members.  The internship offers the
possibility of professional workplace experience within a
prestigious institution.

The successful candidate will gain experience working in the
Library's busy Conservation Laboratory.  He/She will work under the
supervision of the Library's Senior Conservator, Kristine Rose
Beers.  Practical projects will be assigned to fit in with the
Library's on-going treatment, exhibition and loan programmes and
include the preparation of manuscripts and single folios for
digitisation from across the collections.

The internship is for a period of one year only and will be funded
at a rate of Euro26,700 per annum (subject to PRSI and PAYE).  The
start date is flexible and can be adjusted to fit the successful
candidate's existing commitments; however he/she would ideally start
in November 2015.

The deadline for applications is Friday 31 July 2015 and interviews
will be held on Thursday 3 September 2015.

How to apply: Further information and details on how to apply is
available to download

    <URL:http://cbl.ie/About-Us/Vacancies.aspx>

Jessica Baldwin
Head of Collections
The Chester Beatty Library
Dublin Castle
Dublin 2
Ireland
+353 4070755
Fax: +353 4070760


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