Job at Amnesty

Please find below details of a vacancy for an Audiovisual Archivist at Amnesty International's International Secretariat in London. A full job description and application form can be found on our website at the URL below
Regards
Chris Catton

http://web.amnesty.org/jobs/index/03012007-IRP0606

Current vacancy
Audiovisual Archivist

Salary: £25,680 per annum
Duration: Permanent contract
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Clerkenwell, central London
Closing date: 22 January 2007
Interview date: 08 February 2006
Ref. no: IRP/06/06

The AV Archivist is part of the Audiovisual Resources team, based in the Information Resources Program. This small, busy, team provides audiovisual services to Amnesty International Sections worldwide and staff of the International Secretariat.
As AV Archivist you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the archive of audiovisual human rights materials, and providing onsite and remote access for Amnesty International users worldwide.
You will have a professional qualification in Archives, Librarianship and Information Science, or similar, as well as experience in physical and digital archiving of audiovisual Materials (particularly still photographs and video), preservation and storage of media, digitization and intellectual control of archives.

Europe's Largest Minority Gaining Recognition, Expert Says

After centuries of discrimination, the Roma—the ethnic group often mistakenly called Gypsies—are making slow but steady progress toward equal rights, a leading scholar says.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070104-gypsy-roma.html?source=rss