Vacancies -

Traineeships in Conserving Local Communities Heritage

• 3 full-time, fixed term work-based training placements of 12 months to start in January 2012
• Bursary of £12,500 per annum
• Host training placements in Swansea, Tredegar and Cwmbran (travel required to other locations)

Are you interested in your family history or the history of your local area? Do you like working with people? Do you use a computer or a digital camera? Would you like to learn more about these sorts of things? If so, these traineeships could offer you the opportunity to develop these skills and interests through a series of work-based training placements in libraries, archives and museums.

To apply:

• Read the application pack
• Complete the application form and return it, preferably by email, to cloch@cardiff.gov.uk

Closing date for applications: 5pm on Tuesday 8th November 2011

If you are interested in becoming an archivist or a conservator, or would like to spend some of your spare time helping out at the Archives, then why not organise a work experience or volunteer placement with us?

Work Experience Placements

Work experience placements are normally undertaken by school pupils and university students and teachers. Work experience placements provide an opportunity to see what is involved in working in a local authority record office. You can job shadow members of staff, work on enquiries, and learn about different aspects of working in archives, such as the conservation and preservation of archive material, listing and indexing of records, answering enquiries from the public and records management. We also have organised placements for local teachers who wish to experience a work environment beyond the classroom, and who would like an extended period of time away from the school to conduct research and develop work plans and resource packs for use in teaching. If you are interested , ask your school's career services to contact us, or get in touch yourself.

Volunteering

If you are able to volunteer regularly for a whole day, a morning or an afternoon every week, we offer a chance of getting hands on experience of archive or conservation work.

Volunteers working at the Archives include university students along with retired people who have time to devote to helping the Archives, adding value to work produced by the staff through their local knowledge or particular skills. Our volunteers are currently working on projects including the creation on an electronic database of Cardiff Rural District Council building plans, and indexing of shipping registers for the Port of Cardiff.

Check out some of the 'Volunteer Profiles' in our recent newsletters.

If you are interested, in visiting us either on a work experience placement, or as a volunteer, please contact us