Responsibilities
As Project Archivist your main responsibility will be to ensure the collection is catalogued to exceptionally high standards. You will develop an appraisal and cataloguing approach for processing electron microscope images. Additionally, you will create index terms and authority records to ensure discoverability of the collection online. You will assist with the physical management of the collection and work with colleagues in our Digitisation Team to make available a selection of high‑quality digital images from the archive. You will support the work of the Project Collections Assistant and Team Assistant, promote the Archive at research events and through blog posts, and help develop an end‑of‑project exhibition and launch event to showcase the collection highlights.
Project work includes cataloguing the Irene Manton Archive, a pioneering botanist’s collection of electron microscopy images and research materials. The archive offers valuable insight into her scientific work, international collaborations and the intersection of art and science. The project will make her archive fully discoverable, supporting new research into women’s roles in academic science and botanical visual culture.
Benefits
* 26 days holiday plus approximately 16 bank holidays / days the University is closed (including Christmas) – 42 days a year!
* Generous pension scheme plus life assurance – the University contributes 14.5%
* Health and wellbeing: discounted staff membership options at The Edge, the campus gym with pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
* Personal development: access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
* Access to on‑site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes.
* And much more!
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