One year, Fixed-term, 0.5FTE
Description of Post
The Warburg Institute has received a Grant from the Kress Foundation to digitise and make available online the Corpus of Italian Medals in British Collections, a collection of c. 4000 black and white photographs assembled in the 1970s. The corpus spans from the 15th to the 18th century and is divided in two sets: Italian Medals and Papal Medals. We are now seeking to appoint an Academic Assistant to work half time on this project for one year.
The Main Duties of the post will be entering digitised images into the on-line Warburg Institute Iconographic Database and providing metadata for these images. Part of the data is already available in the folders of the corpus and will have to be checked and consolidated against more recent catalogues.
The Academic Assistant should hold at least an MA in Art History. A sound knowledge of art history, particularly the iconography of European art, will be required as well as a knowledge of Italian and some Latin. Familiarity with medals, emblems and portraiture will be an advantage. High level IT skills are also essential.
The Academic Assistant will be based at the Institute and work under the direction of Dr François Quiviger and in close collaboration with the team of staff currently working on the digitisation of the Institute’s Photographic Collection. It is essential that the person appointed is able to act independently as well as work effectively as part of a team.
Conditions of Appointment
This is a one year fixed-term, part- time appointment (17.5 hours per week) to commence as soon as possible. The appointment will be made to Level 06 (Administration, Management and Professional), point 24 of the University of London pay scale. The current salary is £13,692.50 per annum, a pro rata calculation of £27,385 per annum (including £2,134 London Weighting). Deductions from salary for National Insurance contributions will be made at the statutory contracted-out rate. Salary is payable in arrears no later than the last day of each month by bank transfer.
The person appointed will be entered automatically as a member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and will be required to make such contributions as are determined from time to time under the rules of this Scheme. If, once full information on the Scheme has been received, the person decides to withdraw from the Scheme, the decision must be confirmed in writing.
The appointment will be full-time. The person appointed will work for 17.5 hours per week during Institute opening hours according to a rota to be determined. The Institute’s opening hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays during term-time or 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during vacations. The Institute is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays; you will be required to work from 10a.m. to 1p.m. on one Saturday in four. No other paid work may be undertaken without permission of the Director.
The appointment is terminable by three months notice in writing on either side. The appointment will be probationary for a period of three months.
The leave entitlement for a full year is six weeks (30 working days) in addition to public holidays and Institute closures. For this one year 0.5FTE appointment the leave entitlement will therefore amount to 15 days in addition to public holidays and Institute closures. The Institute is normally closed for one week at Easter. Holiday periods are to be approved in advance by Dr Quiviger.
The appointment will be subject to the Terms and Conditions for Administrative, Management and Professional Staff of the University of London.
Sick leave will be in accordance with the scheme in force for staff within the University. Full details are available from the Institute Manager.
Disciplinary matters will be dealt with by the Director in the first instance in accordance with the scheme in force for staff within the University.
Employees have the right to belong to a Trade Union, to take part in its activities and to seek and hold office. The appropriate Trade Union is the Association of University Teachers.
The University is an Equal Opportunities employer.
Method of application
There is no application form. Applications should be made by letter addressed to Miss C E Charlton, Institute Manager, The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB and should include an up-to-date curriculum vitae with the names and address of two referees.
Applicants are also asked to download an Equal Opportunities form from the Institute’s website, which they should complete and send in along with their application. Click here to download the form (rtf 40 kb)
The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 25 May. Interviews will be held in early June.
Any further enquiries should be addressed to Dr Quiviger (Francois.Quiviger@sas.ac.uk)
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