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Oral History Archivist
Vacancy Details
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £32,000 per annum |
| Location: | St Pancras |
| Job Type: | Fixed Term Contract |
| Vacancy Group: | Collections |
| Category: | Cataloguers, Reference and Research |
| Date Posted: | 30/05/2018 |
| Reference: | 02030 |
Description
Full Time, Fixed Term for 2 years
The British Library is seeking to
appoint an Archivist to join the Library’s Oral History team, within the Sound
& Vision section. The Oral History Archivist has a central role within the
Oral History and National Life Stories team, working with the Oral History
Curators, project interviewers and other freelancers, placements and volunteers.
The post also liaises with colleagues across the Library, particularly with
those in Sound & Vision Technical Services, the HLF-funded ‘Unlocking Our
Sound Heritage’ project, Web Services, and Corporate and Information Management
Unit, to develop policy and strategies for the digitisation, preservation and
dissemination of Oral History collection material (audio, audio-visual and
written documentation), collection-related records, and institutional records
relating to National Life Stories.
The post-holder will be a qualified
archivist (or someone with equivalent experience) with an understanding of
the issues and standards surrounding the preservation and maintenance of access
to analogue and digital audio-visual collections, to provide team and project
archive support, data management, public enquiry response, training programme
organisation, acquisitions processing and cataloguing, and public talks and
training. The post also leads on the archival and digital data policy aspects
of the section’s activities, and manages an Archive and Administrative
Assistant post, volunteers and placements.
In return we offer a competitive salary
and a number of excellent benefits. Our
pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can
become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes 20.9%.
Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible
working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the
week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top
of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays.
More about the British Library
As one of the world’s great libraries,
our duty is to preserve the nation’s intellectual memory for the future. At the
moment we have well over 150 million items, in most known languages, with three
million new items added every year. We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers,
magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We operate the
world’s largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to
customers all over the world. What matters to us is that we preserve the
national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future.
Closing date: 1 July 2018
Interview date: 19 and 20 July 2018
Disability
Confident
We are a Disability Confident employer, and make a commitment
to recruit and support disabled people. We guarantee an interview for disabled
candidates who meet the minimum (essential) requirements for a vacancy.
In order to apply for this vacancy, you must be able to supply the required answers to the following questions:
- Do you currently have the right to work in the United Kingdom
- Are you currently a British Library employee or agency member of staff?
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| Contacts | |
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| Contact 1 | |
| Contact Name: | Employee Services |
| Telephone: | 01937 882030 |
| Email Address: | EmployeeServicesRecruitment@bl.uk |