Purpose of fellowship
The Conservation and Collection Care Department at the Bodleian Libraries is pleased to offer a one-year, post-graduate fellowship in conservation, which aims to help the development of professional skills of emerging conservators. This will be the second of a series of five one-year fellowships, which are generously funded by American writer of fantasy literature and philanthropist T. A. Barron. The fellowship will focus on the treatment of the collection, preventive conservation, and a research project that will lead to a publishable paper. The successful candidate will be based at our conservation workshops at the Weston Library. We welcome international candidates.
You will plan and carry out conservation treatments, condition assessments and preventive conservation activities as agreed with the relevant curator and conservation supervisor. You will produce documentation and reports, and record your work on the department’s collection management database (Adlib).
You should be a recent graduate of a recognised book and/or paper conservation training programme and should have no more than two years of work experience after graduation. You will have a detailed knowledge and some experience of conservation treatments of books, paper and related materials, and the materials and techniques used in their production.
This is a full-time, fixed term contract, working 36.5 hours per week for 1 year. You work onsite at the Weston Library from Monday – Friday, 7.5 hours per day. You will have the same holiday entitlement as new staff members.
You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one.
Only applications received online before 12:00 midday on Friday 16 June 2023 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 30 June 2023.
For further details, including salary and how to apply, see:
Job Details (corehr.com)
Application deadline
Friday 16 June, 12:00 noon GMT
