Documentation Assistant Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
UE05: £25,285.00 - £28,929.00 Per Annum
Information Services Group / Library and University Collections / Conservation & Collections Management
Fixed Term Contract: Full Time - 35 Hours per Week
Contract from 1st August 2023 – 31st July 2024
The Opportunity:
The Documentation Assistant will work with specialist museum Collections Management Software to edit and enhance existing Art Collection metadata and associated image files. The role will expand access and significantly increase teaching and research opportunities through the improved records.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Ability to work under pressure and demonstrate close attention to detail
- Strong communicator and comfortable working as part of a team
- In-depth knowledge of collections documentation standards
- Experience in a similar role in a gallery, museum, or library setting
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Interviews will be held early July 2023.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
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