We bring to your attention two job openings in the UK.
The Brent Museum and Archives team are an ambitious team with a reputation for delivering high profile partnership projects within Brent council. They want to continue to build and develop their collections, increasing access and collaborate with diverse communities in the borough. If you are passionate about heritage and have an archives background and want work in a team that delivers, then they would like to speak to you.
As Archives Officer, you will assist the Heritage Collections Manager to ensure the smooth running of the archives service while feeding into and complimenting the diverse cultural offer at the Library at Willesden Green.
More information here: https://lbbrent.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/archives-officer-1518
The House of Lords is recruiting a Digital Archivist. Reporting to the Senior Archivist (Digital Preservation), the post holder will support the delivery of a comprehensive digital preservation function for the Parliamentary Archives, in order to enable the long-term survival and continued accessibility of Parliament’s digital records. They will lead on the monitoring, reporting, and control of risks to digital records held in Parliament’s Digital Repository. Working with digital preservation staff and related roles in the Parliamentary Archives, they will advocate digital preservation awareness, become familiar with and communicate initiatives, standards in use or under development, and the training of staff to undertake basic digital preservation tasks themselves. They will be a motivating and supportive line manager to the digital archives trainee, as well providing supervision and support to Archives colleagues engaging with digital preservation work, such as ingests.
More information here: https://housesofparliament.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-13/brand-3/xf-5cfecbaad8c2/candidate/so/pm/6/pl/20/opp/1608-Digital-Archivist/en-GB
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