Glamorgan's Blood: Dark Arteries, Old Veins is a project funded by the Wellcome Trust to catalogue and conserve the records of the Glamorgan area of the National Coal Board (NCB).
The NCB collection is one of the largest held by Glamorgan Archives, comprising 344 boxes, 575 rolls and 707 volumes, and ranging in date from 1799 to 1989. It includes both paper records and photographic media. Despite the inadequate finding aids, the collection is our fifth most frequently consulted. It includes pre-vesting date colliery records for Glamorgan, records of pits operated by the NCB, and plans and photographic collections relating to the whole South Wales Area. There are records of previously privately owned companies, subsidiary industries and miners' welfare, including hospitals, pit baths, cottage rents and rescue associations.
Working with a Project Archivist, the Project Conservator will establish conservation priorities for the Collection, carry out remedial conservation work, address the storage requirements of the Collection, supervise staff and volunteers in cleaning and repackaging work, and plan for the future digitisation of unusable material. You will work together with the Glamorgan Archives team and other stakeholders to ensure that this ambitious project fulfils its objective to support diverse research audiences and engage fully with the public.
The successful candidate will hold an undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in paper conservation, a diploma or Society of Archivists/ARA certificate in conservation or equivalent qualification. You will be an excellent communicator who can liaise effectively with staff and volunteers as well as planning and delivering community engagement activities.
This is an excellent opportunity to help us ensure the future preservation and continued accessibility of a varied and significant archive collection, to work in a large and well-equipped studio in a modern purpose-built environment within Wales' largest local authority archive service, and to address a variety of materials including paper, maps and plans, and photographic media.
This is a fixed-term post available for 2 years from appointment, 37 hours per week.
For an informal discussion please contact Rhian Diggins at glamro@cardiff.gov.uk Tel.: 029 2087 2299.
This post is temporary until 31st May 2019.
Internal candidates who wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis must obtain approval prior to application using Form SEC1 (4.C.081). Requests may only be approved by the relevant Director/ Assistant Director/ Chief Officer or senior nominated officer graded no lower than OM2 or in the case of schools based staff the Headteacher / Governing Body.
This vacancy is suitable for post share.
Applications in both English and Welsh are welcolmed. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
To apply candidates will need to visit www.cardiff.gov.uk/jobs