Library Apprentice: 1 year fixed term contract
Salary £14,658
As the world’s greatest museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people’s lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world.
The Word & Image Department (WID) has vacancies for four Apprentices to join the team of Service Assistants working in the National Art Library, providing access to the Museum’s collection of approximately 1 million printed, manuscript, and electronic resources. The Service Assistants work both in the Library stores and on the public service counters, and are an essential part of the service the Department offers to the public. In the post, you will gain skills in customer service, information organisation and retrieval, basic preservation techniques, and object handling. You will also undertake the Apprenticeship in Libraries, Archives & Information Services at either Level 2 or Level 3.
We are looking for someone with a real enthusiasm for working with the public, with good communication skills and the ability to handle books and paper objects with care and to pay attention to detail. An interest in information provision, art and design and the cultural heritage sector would be beneficial.
WID is responsible for the Museum’s collections of prints, drawings, paintings, photographs, designs, computer art, books and archives. A proportion of WID collections can be seen both in the permanent galleries and on display in temporary exhibitions. Other parts of the collection are accessible through our 3 study rooms: the National Art Library, the Prints& Drawings Study Room and the Blythe House Archive & Library Reading Room.
Closing date for receipt of applications is noon on 6 August 2018.
Interview expenses will not be paid unless there is a prior agreement.
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