FAS Work Placement opportunities at the IFI

The IFI Irish film Archive is offering two work placements as part of the FAS work placement scheme. The placements in the areas of paper archiving and film archiving are a useful way for individuals with an interest in a career in these fields to get 9 months practical experience. For more information about the scheme and conditions of eligibility see www.fas.ie/en/WPP/Participants.htm

Placement advertisements on the FAS website can be found [here] or [here].

The IFI Irish Film Archive
The Irish Film Institute is the national body with responsibility for the promotion of film culture in Ireland and as part of the IFI, the Irish Film Archive acquires, preserves and makes permanently accessible Ireland’s moving image heritage. The Archive collection has grown from a modest core of Irish films distributed by the Irish Film Institute to a collection of over 20,000 cans. Public facilities at the Archive include individual viewing facilities and the Tiernan MacBride reference library, which holds books and periodicals relating to Irish and world cinema.  The Archive also facilitates national and international non-competitive festivals of Irish cinema, which show case Irish film.

Film Archive Assistant
The Film Archive Assistant will work on a variety of tasks in the Archive, including film handling, print condition assessment and database entry. The placement will provide experience of flatbed editing tables and other equipment and will offer a good background in cataloguing and archival standards. The candidate should ideally have some experience with film and databases. Attention to detail is essential. The position is ideal for a candidate hoping to work with film or in archives.

Paper Archive Assistant

The candidate will work on a variety of tasks in the Archive, including listing material, cataloguing collections and digitising stills. The placement will provide a good background in cataloguing and archival standards. The candidate should ideally have an interest in the work of archives. Previous experience with databases or cataloguing would be an advantage. The position is ideal for a candidate hoping to work in archives or train as an archivist in the future.