Portable Antiquities Officer Warwickshire & Worcestershire

This job is no longer available, it expired on the Monday 30th November -0001

Salary: £ 20,044 - 22,289

Fixed Term Contract until 31 st March 2008

The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a voluntary scheme to record archaeological objects found by the public, including metal detector users, to advance archaeological knowledge and to increase opportunities for active public involvement in archaeology. This data is published on www.finds.org.uk and is made available to the relevant Historic and Environmental Record

The ideal candidate will have a degree in archaeology or a related discipline, or considerable relevant experience, together with experience of finds identification, recording and database entry, and public outreach work in a museum or archaeology environment. The post holder will be highly organised when working under pressure and to deadlines.  A high level of PC literacy is key, in particular a sound knowledge of using databases, to allow effective recoding of finds on the Scheme's finds database.

It is essential that the post holder has the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people and groups, including metal-detector users, to explain the aims of the Scheme and the Treasure Act.

The post will be based at the Museum of Antiquities at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and at Durham County Council. For more information please contact Lindsay Allason-Jones on 0191 222 7846 or l.allason-jones@ncl.ac.uk

For further details and an application form, please contact the Museum of Antiquities , University of Newcastle upon Tyne , Newcastle upon Tyne , NE1 7RU , tel. 0191 222 7846 or email: Julie.king@ncl.ac.uk

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