We are seeking a Projects and Programme Officer and a Collections and Research Assistant, as part of our Next Chapter development project.

These are fixed term posts for a period of 2 years.

We also have an exciting opportunity for a fully funded Collaborative Doctoral Award studentship, as part of our collaboration with the University of Exeter, on the subject of:

The Enlightenment Library in an Age of Industrialisation: how Cultural Organisations responded to an Era of Rapid Social Change c. 1750-1914

 

 

Projects and Programme Officer  – 15 hours per week 

Position overview 

The Project and Programme Officer will work closely with the Director and as part of a team, to undertake a variety of work relating to the Activity Plan and administration of the Next Chapter project.   This will include developing relationships with participants and stakeholders, scheduling and resourcing events and activities, supporting the delivery of activities, updating the website and promoting the project and programme through marketing channels, providing administrative support for grant drawdowns, collating evaluation data for progress reporting and maintaining key milestones within the project.

To apply for the role of Projects and Programme Officer, please review the job description here:

Project and Programme Officer 2021

Please complete the application form below and send to Emma Dunn, Director [email protected]

DEI _job_application_form

The deadline for applications is midday, Thursday 6th January 2022

Interview date:  Wednesday 12th January 2022

 

 

Collections and Research Assistant 22.5 hours per week 

Position overview 

The Collections and Research Assistant will work as part of a team, within the context of grant funded projects, to undertake a variety of collections work.   This will include digitising and creating metadata for our prints and drawings collection, researching provenance and names associated with the production of our books, prints and drawings, supporting a team of subject specialists to develop information about our foundation book collection, supervising volunteers, promoting the collections through social media, and maintaining databases and documenting the results of research activities and maintaining and reporting on key milestones within projects.

To apply for the role of Collections and Research Assistant, please review the job description here:

Collections and Research Assistant 2021

Please complete the application form below and send to Emma Dunn, Director [email protected]

DEI _job_application_form

The deadline for applications is midday, Thursday 6th January 2022

Interview date: Thursday 13th January 2022

 

 

Collaborative Doctoral Award 2022

The Enlightenment Library in an Age of Industrialisation: how Cultural Organisations responded to an Era of Rapid Social Change c. 1750-1914

Supervisors:

Prof. Henry French, University of Exeter, [email protected]

Prof. Ian Gadd, Bath Spa University, [email protected]

Prof. Helen Berry, University of Exeter, [email protected]

Emma Dunn, Devon & Exeter Institution, [email protected]

The student will be supervised jointly by Prof. Henry French (Exeter) & Prof. Ian Gadd (Bath Spa), with input from Prof. Helen Berry (Exeter). Prof. French’s expertise is in eighteenth-century ‘middling’ culture, and he is also a trustee of the Devon & Exeter Institution. Prof. Gadd is a specialist in the history of libraries and book culture in the eighteenth century, and incoming Chair of the Board of Directors of the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution brlsi.org.   Prof. Berry is head of department in History at Exeter and an expert on eighteenth and nineteenth-century urban associational culture, and has strong connections with the Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society from her previous appointment at University of Newcastle.  The student will work alongside the DE&I Director (Emma Dunn), throughout an intense period of strategic development at the D&EI.  In the first instance, this will involve one-to-one orientation training on the development of the ‘project vision’ via needs-led stakeholder consultation and the necessary business planning, legal and fundraising skills required to deliver a project of this nature. The student will be closely involved in progress meetings with the National Lottery Heritage Fund and with the project team, to support delivery of the Activity Plan.

The project has been developed in partnership with the Devon & Exeter Institution, and will run alongside their NLHF project between 2022 and 2025.

For further information and application details, please follow the link below:

Collaborative Doctoral Award Projects 2022 | SWW DTP Studentship : SWW DTP Studentship (sww-ahdtp.ac.uk)