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Imaging Assistant: Egypt and Sudan

4 months ago

Bloomsbury, United Kingdom The British Museum Full time

**Egypt and Sudan**
**Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)**
**Fixed term (36 months)**
**£25,575 per annum**
**Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 20 June 2024**

**About the role**:
To photograph and make images of the ancient Egyptian and Sudanese collection publicly accessible, in support of the Museum’s Masterplan, the Museum Operating Plan and all relevant Museum strategies. To improve accessibility of the collection via the Museum’s digital online platforms. To produce digital photographic images and help document objects, to process images by matching them to MI+ collections management database records, and to upload them to the Museum’s image asset management system.

**Key areas of responsibility**:

- To produce standard digital images of the Egypt and Sudan collection
- To process images including, where appropriate, standardising backgrounds, pairing obverse and reverse files using established automated batch processes
- To ensure images are labelled with their MI+ PRN identifier to enable bulk upload to the asset database.
- To liaise with IS staff over the bulk upload of images.
- To identify any issues with the MI+ records of the imaged objects and to work with curators and other staff to correct problems.
- To support upgrading the documentation of the ancient Egyptian and Sudanese objects in the collection in liaison with curators.

**About you**:

- Experience of collections and digital asset management databases
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop software
- Experience with photographic documentation.
- Some experience of object handling
- A levels (or equivalent)
- Some experience of working with a relevant collection, museum documentation and museum databases
- Experience of working in a museum environment, including object handling
- Ability to instruct others in photographic processes.
- Open, effective communicator with good spoken and written English
- Ability to work as part of a team.

**About the British Museum**:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

- Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays.
- Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out _here_ what benefits a civil service pension provides).
- Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
- Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
- Interest-free travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

**Additional details**:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
- The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience._
- We offer a flexible way of working scheme that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you. _We would typically see this role as working on site about 4-5 days a week._

**The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.