4th December 2013

Full-time, 2 year fixed-term contract

£22,000-24,000 pa

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation has received a major grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to catalogue and make available to the public its extensive and unusual collection of books, music, manuscripts, photographs, audio recordings, films and papers relating to the life and work of Anthony Burgess and his contemporaries.

You will have a postgraduate qualification, and must be highly motivated and used to working independently and as part of a small team. This exciting and varied role will include creating a full electronic online catalogue; commissioning essential conservation work; devising a digitisation strategy for the collections; and devising and delivering a programme of public-facing events and activities.

Application is by CV and covering letter to Will Carr on [email protected]. For an informal conversation about the role please email or telephone 0161 235 0776.

More here
http://www.anthonyburgess.org/collections/job-opportunity-archivist

The closing date for applications is 6 January 2014 at 5pm.