[SIGCIS-Members] Job: Assistant Curator for Computing and Communications at Science Museum, London

[James Sumner]

Dear all

I don't recall that this went out to members at sigcis, so am forwarding it here 
(with the usual apologies for any duplication). NB: "Assistant Curator" is entry 
level, and "06/04" is 6 April, not 4 June...

JS

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Subject: 	Assistant Curator for Computing and Communications at Science
Museum
Date: 	Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:13:35 -0000
From: 	Blyth Tilly <Tilly.Blyth at ScienceMuseum.org.uk>

I’d appreciate if you could pass this link on to anyone you think might
be interested in applying for the role:

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about_us/jobs/assistant_curator_compcoms.aspx

Dr Tilly Blyth
Curator of Computing and Information
Science Museum
0207 942 4211

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Location: Science Museum

Salary: £17,909 to £19,561 per annum depending on knowledge and skills with 
£1,000 Regional Weighting Allowance. 23 month fixed term contract.

Closing Date: 06/04/2010
Brief Description

The Science Museum’s vision to be the best place in the world for people to 
enjoy science. Already one of the UK’s most popular days out, we have more than 
200,000 historic objects in our world-renowned collections, innovative 
exhibitions and awe-inspiring galleries. We are looking for an assistant curator 
to be part of our ongoing success.

Working within the computing and communications collections, you will be a 
motivated individual with a keen interest in the history and current state of 
electronics, computing and communication technologies. You will ideally have 
demonstrable knowledge and experience in at least one of the related areas and 
have the commitment to gain knowledge in others.

Under direction, you will be able to research, write and deliver outputs across 
a range of media including exhibitions, printed publications, web, presentations 
and broadcast that is engaging to a variety of audiences, including visitors, 
academics and enthusiasts.

You will be well organised, and able to use your passion to assess an object’s 
usability for story-telling in order to develop and share knowledge about our 
collection of electronics, information and communication technologies.

You should be able to work with contextual understanding to represent these 
subjects effectively at a level that could be represented, for instance, by a 
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline.

You will be self-motivated and able to work effectively within a team and 
comfortable communicating with a range of people including colleagues, 
volunteers and students. Previous collections experience, including handling and 
assessing objects, documentation and cataloguing would be advantageous but not 
essential.

Interview date: Thursday 29 April 2010
How to apply

To apply:

1) Please read the job description fully and then email your CV and covering 
letter, explaining clearly how you meet all our stated requirements, to 
recruitment at sciencemuseum.org.uk.

Alternatively, you can send your CV and covering letter explaining clearly how 
you meet all our stated requirements to:

HR Assistant, ref. CUR/MAR10-EXT

Human Resources Department

The Science Museum

Exhibition Road

London, SW7 2DD

2) Please quote the reference CUR/MAR10-EXT either in your email subject header, 
or at the top of your covering letter.

3) Please make sure that you have taken care in your cover letter to explain why 
the skills you have match the role described in the job description. We will 
only be able to consider your application if you have taken care to show us why 
you are right for this role.

We regret that we are only able to respond to short-listed applicants. No 
agencies please.