Vacancy: Internship in Paper Conservation at Chester Beatty Library

Closing date for applications, 26th July

The Heritage Council and The Chester Beatty Library are offering an internship in paper conservation. The scheme is co-funded by the Heritage Council and the Chester Beatty Library's contributing members; thanks to additional funding from the members will run for twelve months. The internship offers the possibility of professional workplace experience within a prestigious institution.

Details of the internship:

The successful candidate will be involved in every aspect of work carried out in the busy Conservation Laboratory. He/She will work under the supervision of the Librarys Head of conservation, Jessica Baldwin.

Practical projects will be assigned to fit in with the Librarys on-going treatment, exhibition and loan programmes.

The intern will be encouraged to carry out a short research project on an aspect of the collection, the subject of which will be determined once the internship has begun.

The internship is for a period of one year only and will be funded at a rate of 26,700 (subject to PRSI and PAYE). The start date is flexible and can be adjusted to fit the successful candidates existing commitments; however would ideally start in November 2013.

Full details are available to download from the Chester Beatty website.

The deadline for applications is Friday 26th July 2013 and interviews hope to be held on Thursday 5th September 2013.