Archivist

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom BBC Full time

Administrative Services- Permanent - Full Time- London, GB, W1A 1AA- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST- Job Closing Date: 09.04.24**THE ROLE**:
**Package Description**:
**Band: B**

**Contract Type: Archivist - Permanent**

**Location: London**

**Salary: £24,039-£34,039 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.**
**Job Application Requirements**:

- **CV**:

- **Questionnaire with opportunity to detail experience**
- **Excellent career progression **- the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
- **Unrivalled training and development opportunities** - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
- **Benefits**:

- We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days holiday (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

If they are unsure which contract they are on, they can speak to their booker or the HR BP, however if it helps - both a PAYE freelance or Modus Gross contract is considered a Worker contract and covered by the Worker terms found here.

**Job Introduction**:
The role is based in the On The Day BBC News story team and includes working at the heart of the BBC Newsroom.

Archivists provide services to our users that present and showcase Archive content increasingly via digital delivery. The role requires using search skills and emerging diagnostic tools to enable the curation of digital assets across multiple platforms.

Archivists work with mostly non-digital collections delivering specialist services. Working as part of a team, as well as on own initiative, Archivists interact with a range of customers and user communities, both within the BBC and externally.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Working to support the delivery of Stills to platforms engaged in On the Day news production.
- Supporting the Archives collections strategy. This may include research, cataloguing, documentation, selection and training activities.
- Monitoring the receipt of agreed archive deliverables from production areas and escalating issues as appropriate.
- Maintaining effective working relationships with customers (both internal and external) to ensure services remain aligned with business needs and highly regarded.
- Ensuring that Archive policies and standards are adhered to.
- Maximising digital platforms in order to present Archives content effectively and coherently to all users.
- Working as part of a team to ensure priorities and strategies remain aligned.
- Providing pre-digitisation support for assets selected as part of the Archives collections strategy.
- Promoting best archiving practice both internally and externally.
- Acting as the point of contact for BBC Archives services, and directing enquiries/research where appropriate.

**Are you the right person?**:

- A higher education qualification in archives, records or information management; or experience of working in relevant broadcast and media content management.
- Experience of customer service, working under pressure, flexibly and to tight deadlines.
- Experience of working as part of a customer-focused team, coupled with the ability to work on own initiative.
- Communication and negotiation skills, and the ability to successfully manage relationships within an archive or production environment.
- Knowledge of BBC output.
- Knowledge of broadcasting technology practices, relevant regulations.
- Experience of working as part of a customer-focused team.
- Project and change management delivery experience.

**About the BBC**:
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We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC - whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

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**DISCLAIMER**:
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

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