Archival Practice Lead

3 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Digital Preservation Coalition Full time
Job Description

The Digital Preservation Coalition is looking for an Archival Practice Lead to oversee a group of experts delivering intellectual control over our holdings and shaping a comprehensive data workflow, curation, and catalogue enhancement service.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Leading a team of senior archivists and their reporting staff to deliver high-quality archival description, contextualization, and data curation services.
  • Maintaining a thorough understanding of evolving technologies for creating, managing, representing, and reusing archival metadata.

This is a full-time post with opportunities for part-time, flexible working, and job share. Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 per annum



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