Archivist - All Cities, United Kingdom - BBC

Description

Job Information


Salary:
£25,000-£34,000


Contract type:
Permanent hours per week.


Location:
BBC Tunbridge Wells

Please note:
this is a part time role working 17.5 hours a week. Flexibility will be required about which days will be worked.

Job Purpose

Archives Technology & Services (ATS) is a team of about 200 colleagues, based across the whole of the UK. We are responsible for the collection, storage and delivery of the BBC's content.

This involves providing digital media storage and media movement technology, file delivery tools and digital archive systems across the BBC.

From archive research, music library services, corporate records management and an extensive written archive service, as well as heritage artefacts.

It also includes the news and sport libraries who have more recently joined the department.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.

Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Archivists provide high quality services to our users that present and showcase Archive content increasingly via digital delivery.

The role requires using search skills and emerging analytic tools to enable the curation of digital assets across multiple platforms.

Archivists work too with mostly non-digital collections delivering specialist services.

Working as part of a team, as well as independently, Archivists interact with a range of customers and user communities, both BBC and externally.

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience


The successful candidate must have:

• Knowledge and understanding of current BBC News and Current Affairs output and awareness of how these will develop in the future,
• Demonstrable knowledge of news archiving systems and their application in managing news content,
• Interest in national and regional news output,
• Understanding of archive selection, metadata enhancement and awareness of rights issues,
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines.

Please note this role is located in Tunbridge Wells.

Job Impact

Scope Archivists work in the collections and archive teams of BBC Archives, a key business support area of the BBC.

The role demands subject matter specialism, editorial sense, business and process management skills, and delivers an excellent standard of customer service to our users.