Curator Americas Collections

2 weeks ago

St Pancras, United Kingdom The British Library Full time

**Contractual hours**

21.6

**Basis**

Part time

**Job category/type**

Curation

**Date posted**

13/06/2025

**Job reference**

R00000965

**Location: St Pancras**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Hours: Part time (0.6 FTE - 21.6 hours)**

**Grade: B**

**Salary: £34,608 pro rata, per annum**

**About the role**

This is an exciting opportunity to work with one of the world's major collections of library materials from the Americas.

The Eccles Institute curates the British Library's collections from the Americas and Oceania and supports creative research and cross-cultural conversation about these regions.

As a curator in the Institute, you will be responsible for developing and managing the Library's contemporary collections from the Americas, with a particular focus on North America. Working closely with colleagues in the Institute, you will facilitate research for the academic community and develop collaborative research projects, participate in the Library's cultural programme by curating exhibitions and contributing to the events programme, and develop content for our website for a range of audiences. The department has a particular focus on printed and digital materials from the mid-19th to 21st centuries, but you will also work across earlier historical periods and formats in collaboration with colleagues in other departments.

For more information, please refer to the Job Profile.

**About us**

We are the national library of the UK and we are here for everyone. Our shelves hold over 170 million items in a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow and far into the future. Our trusted experts care for this collection and open it up for everyone to spark new discoveries, ideas and to help people do incredible things.

**What we can offer you**
- A competitive salary.
- A fantastic pension scheme with minimum employer contributions of 28.97% (this may be higher dependent on grade).
- Flexible working hours, with the ability to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3-month period.
- 25 days holiday.
- Full details of employee benefits can be found on our Careers: Benefits

**Closing date: 31 August 2025**

**Interview dates: 23 September 2025**

**We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role.

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