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Scottish Literary Archives Cataloguer (Corson Endowment) presso Edinburgh University Group

Edinburgh University Group · Edinburgh, Regno Unito · Onsite

34.610,00 £  -  39.906,00 £

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Grade UE06: £34,610 -  £39,906 per annum, pro-rata

ISG /  Library and University Collections / Heritage Collections

Part-time: 21 hours per week 

Open-ended (permanent)

 

The Opportunity:

The Heritage Collections department is pleased to advertise an opportunity to join our team as the Scottish Literary Archives Cataloguer (Corson Endowment), to work on our extensive Scottish Literary Collections, which include papers of prominent Scottish authors and publishers such as Hamish Henderson, George MacKay Brown, Marion Lochhead, and Hugh MacDiarmid, and many more. The successful candidate will be a part of the Research Collections Discovery & Project Management team, under the supervision of the Cataloguing Archivist & Heritage Collections Metadata Lead.

This post is open-ended and part-time (21 hours per week, or 0.6 FTE), and will be based entirely on-site. Working pattern to be agreed with the successful candidate. 

 

The salary for this post is £34,610 to £39,906 per annum (pro rata).

 

Your skills and attributes for success:

  • A professional postgraduate archival qualification.
  • Experience of archival cataloguing.
  • Excellent knowledge in Scottish literature and Scottish authors, particularly relating to the 20th century.
  • Clear experience and skill in using IT packages, and cataloguing software such as ArchivesSpace.
  • Ability to work independently or as part of a team.

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Application Information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

- CV

- Cover letter

 

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

  • A competitive salary.
  • An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. 
  • To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
  • Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

 

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University, you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.  

 

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 24 October 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

We intend to hold interviews on the week of 17th November.

About Company

The Library helps people to grow their knowledge and create new connections through open services, collections and environments, sparking ideas that change the world. Library & University Collections teams (approximately 200 staff) provide leadership and oversight for the University's library and museum collections and services, and lead the University's transition to Open Scholarship. Collections comprise over 2 million print volumes, 2 million e-books, 200,000 e-journals and 100 kilometres of Heritage Collections which include rare books, archives, artworks and musical instruments. Library & University Collections deliver highly-regarded services to support teaching, learning and research across the University and wider communities. Services and access to collections are provided online and onsite through the Main Library, site libraries, the Centre for Research Collections, award-winning makerspace services and St Cecilia’s Hall Concert Room & Music Museum.

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As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
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