London, Camden Paid (£20k-25k pro rata) Part time Artform: combined arts, dance, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music, visual arts   Contact: Rosie Pagan rosie_at_efdss_dot_org

Description

SUMMARY JOB PURPOSE

In October 2009 EFDSS became a Regularly Funded Organisation of Arts Council England’s Music Department. The Society is now looking to a whole new area of development as the Folk Development Agency for England and as part of this process is the development of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. 

The EFDSS now seeks to appoint a qualified archivist with a minimum of five years' experience to work with the Library Director and team in developing its internationally renowned multi-media archive collections focusing on the folk arts in England and beyond.

The Archivist will be responsible for archiving and managing the collections held at EFDSS, undertaking cataloguing and preservation duties and providing support to internal staff, researchers and Society members.

SALARY 

£24,000 pro rata, 3 days per week.

HOW TO APPLY

For further details and to apply applicants should visit the EFDSS website and download the application form at www.efdss.org. Completed applications should be sent to rosie_at_efdss_dot_org or by post to Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, NW1 7AY. CVs will not be accepted. 

Closing date for completed applications is 5.30pm, Friday 19th February 2010.  

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GLEANINGS from Charity Team - Monthly Legal Update - December 2009

GOVERNANCE AND COMMERCIAL – THE INDEPENDENT SAFEGUARDING AUTHORITY

The Independent Safeguarding Authority has been established with the aim of preventing unsuitable people from working with vulnerable adults and children by requiring those who meet certain thresholds of time spent working with vulnerable people to register with the ISA under the vetting and barring scheme. Due to some misconceptions about the scheme, in particular about the degree of contact with children that will trigger the requirement to register with the ISA, Sir Roger Singleton, chair of the ISA was tasked with recommending where adjustments should be made to the current provisions.

His report, published on Every Child Matters website and available here sets out two fundamental guidelines; that where parents exercise their own judgment about who should care for their children that is entirely a private matter in which the scheme should not interfere; and that the requirements to register should go no further than is necessary for the safety and protection of children. The Government has endorsed these guidelines and all other recommendations in Sir Roger Singleton’s report. The recommended changes are expected to result in the number of people required to register under the scheme dropping from 11 million to approximately 9 million. The ‘frequent contact’ test will change from contact once a month to contact once a week, and the ‘intensive contact’ test will change to 4 days contact in one month or overnight, rather than 3.

Click here  for further information on the Independent Safeguarding Authority.

For further information, please contact:
DAVID MEARS on 020 8394 6484, David_dot_Mears_at_russell-cooke_dot_co_dot_uk or SAMANTHA PRITCHARD on 020 8394 6478, Samantha_dot_Pritchard_at_russell-cooke_dot_co_dot_uk