Internship at British Library

Internship
Parchment Research and Conservation
British Library
London

11 month Internship 36 hours a week (full time)

British Library job reference 00476

The British Library is pleased to offer a funded Internship,
concentrating on parchment research and conservation.  The
internship is funded by the Clothworkers Foundation.  The internship
will run between November 2015 and October 2016.  This opportunity
is available to conservators who have graduated in the last 2 years,
have limited work experience in conservation, and who wish to
develop their research and practical, hands-on conservation skills.
The successful candidates will have a book or paper conservation
qualification(s) (an MA in conservation would be desirable).

The internship has a bursary of UKP19,000 with a UKP2,000 bursary
for training and associated travel costs.  The bursary will be paid
on a monthly basis (subject to tax and NI).  The internships are
open to those who have the right to live and work in the UK.

The intern will spend approximately half their time working on one
or two parchment research projects, supervised by a Conservation
Scientist.  The projects will be agreed and defined with the aim of
practical outcomes for parchment assessments or treatments.  The
remaining half of the internship will involve developing and
implementing a range of treatment options for individual items or a
small collection of items.  This may include remedial treatment,
collection surveys and environmental monitoring.  Treatment reports
will be written at the end of each treatment project.  Projects will
be based on material that has been scheduled into the 2015 -16 work
programme.

The intern will be expected to use a project management framework
and monitor their progress against their work plan.  At the end of
the internship, the intern will give a presentation of the work
completed.  Please note that the intern will be supervised by a
British Library Scientist and a conservator throughout their
internship and work will be monitored on a regular basis.  British
Library Conservation has some suggestions for parchment research
projects and additional ideas are welcomed.

Please apply online via the British Library website:

    <URL:http://www.bl.uk/careers>

In addition to the application form online, you also need to provide
two or three examples of treatment records from your portfolio for
items you have worked on

This evidence only must be emailed separately to
cordelia.rogerson<-at->bl<.>uk by the vacancy closing date.  Include your
name and the vacancy reference number in the email (00476)

Closing date 8 November 2015.  Please note that applications
received after this date will not be considered.  Interviews will be
held the week commencing 23 November 2015 and 30 November 2015.

Dr Cordelia Rogerson
Head of Conservation
British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB


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