Research Associate: Heritage Collections Vacancy

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The University of Liverpool Libraries, Museums, and Galleries (LMG) are seeking to recruit a Research Associate. Closing date: 1st April 2025 at 11:30pm.

LMG and the Centre for the Study of International Slavery (CSIS) are working together to facilitate research into the University’s links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, colonialism, and their legacies. Working with community groups, the purpose of the Research Associate role is to make this important history widely shared, investigate ways for the community to co-create projects in response, and support curators to transform their own practice, taking a more critical approach to issues of race, identity and colonial history.  

LMG is home to diverse and significant collections that trace the history of the University and the many different communities that have shaped that development. 

CSIS supports and shares leading research about human enslavement and its legacies and furthers the study of memorialisation, and of the interpretation of slavery as part of a wider public history agenda.

You will be responsible for engaging with the local community, including hosting community conversations and events, and delivering and supporting research. You will also work with curators to open up the collections with new interpretation. You will be based in the Sydney Jones Library but work closely with teams across campus. 

They are looking for someone with a knowledge of Liverpool’s history and its relationship with historical slavery, and experience of working with community organisations as a practitioner or facilitator. You will be able to work and manage projects with multiple strands and stakeholders, and build positive, meaningful, equitable relationships with a wide range of people. 

Formal qualifications in the libraries, museums or heritage sector are not essential for this role as our priority is experience in working with diverse communities. 

We encourage those interested in the role to contact LGM for an informal discussion to find out more about the role and the workplace. Read the Job Specification along with more information on the role via the university's job portal.