Curator, Contemporary Archives and Manuscripts - St Pancras, United Kingdom - The British Library

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St Pancras, United Kingdom

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Description

Contractual hours
36

Basis
Full time

Job category/type
Curation

Date posted
18/07/2023

Job reference
R

Job description

Location:
St Pancras

Hours:
Permanent, Full Time (36 Hours)

Grade:
C

Salary:
£26,000

This curatorial role will involve working with the Curator (B) and Lead Curator (A) in the Politics and Public Life team developing the British Library's collections of archives and manuscripts in all formats relating to contemporary (post 1950) politics and public life in Britain. This includes the archives of notable politicians, political administrators, journalists, editors and publishers, charities, activists, and scientists.
The successful applicant will assist with the appraisal, cataloguing and preparation for public access, storage and longterm preservation of archives held as part of the Politics and Public Life collections within the Contemporary Archives and Manuscripts Section. Reporting to the B Grade Curator, you will assist in interpreting, presenting and researching the collections. This will be done via online resources, engagement with academic and general users, media work, events, contribution to online resources exhibitions and the public programme.
You should have a Firstdegree level qualification in the collection discipline and a professional archive qualification or equivalent experience along with employment experience in a research library, academic or other appropriate environment. Some experience of cataloguing to international standards, such as ISAD(G), using an online cataloguing system and knowledge of borndigital records would be helpful. The applicant should have the ability to work independently or in a team and demonstrate excellent time management skills. You will also need to have excellent oral and written communication skills and information technology skills, including webbased skills.
As one of the world's great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation's intellectual memory for the future and make it available to all for research, inspiration and enjoyment. At present we have well over 170 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 make our collections and programmes available to all. 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 by anyone, anywhere.
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 a minimum of 26.6% (this may be higher dependant on grade. 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.

Closing date: 6 August 2023

Interview date: 22 August 2023