Digitisation Team Leader

National Museum of Wales; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd is seeking a Digitisation Team Leader to oversee a team of Digitisers within the DiSSCo UK programme. You will work with the Project Manager and curatorial staff to ensure high-quality, consistent digitisation of herbarium and entomology collections.

Practically and technically confident, you will guide colleagues, maintain imaging standards, and help drive the programme forward to enable researchers worldwide to access Wales's natural science collections.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Digitisers and work closely with the Project Manager and curatorial staff to ensure high‑quality, consistent digitisation of herbarium and entomology collections.
• Guide colleagues, maintain imaging standards, and drive the programme forward to enhance access for researchers worldwide.

Job description

Arweinydd Tîm Digido (DiSSCo UK | Gorllewin), Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd R(phone number removed)

Math o swydd wag Dros Dro/Llawn Amser

Categori Digidol

(Cyfryngau Digidol )

Ystod cyflog Gradd D: £29,106.19 - £35,857.56

Oriau 35 awr yr wythnos

Gofyniad lefel iaith Gymraeg Dymunol

Crynote o'r Swydd

Dewch i chwarae rôl flaenllaw yn un o'r rhaglenni digido mwyaf arwyddocaol yn y gwyddorau naturiol y mae'r Deyrnas Unedig erioed wedi'i chynnal. A chithau’n Arweinydd y Tîm Digido yn Amgueddfa Cymru, byddwch yn goruchwylio tîm o Ddigidwyr, gan weithio'n agos gyda Rheolwr y Project a'r staff curadurol i sicrhau gwaith digido cyson, o ansawdd uchel, ar ein casgliadau herbariwm ac entomoleg. Yn ymarferol ac yn dechnegol hyderus, byddwch yn arwain cydweithwyr, cynnal safonau delweddu, ac yn helpu i yrru'r rhaglen ymlaen — gan wneud cyfraniad parhaol at y ffordd y mae ymchwilwyr ledled y byd yn cyrchu ac yn defnyddio casgliadau gwyddorau naturiol Cymru.

Mae'r rôl hon yn rhan o broject DiSSCo-UK, a ariennir gan UKRI. Mae Disco UK (System Ddosbarthedig Casgliadau Gwyddonol) yn rhaglen genedlaethol 10 mlynedd werth £155 miliwn i ddigido a chysylltu casgliadau gwyddorau naturiol y Deyrnas Unedig, a ddarperir gan Gyngor Ymchwil y Celfyddydau a'r Dyniaethau (AHRC) UKRI mewn partneriaeth â'r Amgueddfa Hanes Natur a mwy na 100 o bartneriaid ledled y Deyrnas Unedig. Mae'r swydd hon yn gysylltiedig â cham cyntaf y project yn Amgueddfa Cymru, sef Hyb Arweiniol consortiwm Disco UK | Gorllewin, sy'n cynnwys Cymru, de-orllewin Lloegr a Gogledd Iwerddon.

Digitisation Team Leader (DiSSCo UK | West), National Museum Cardiff R(phone number removed)

Vacancy Type Fixed Term/Full Time

Category Digital

(Digital Media)

Salary Range Grade D: £29,106.19 - £35,857.56

Hours 35 hours per week

Welsh Language Level Requirement Desirable

Job Summary

Play a lead role in one of the most significant natural science digitisation programmes the UK has ever undertaken. As Digitisation Team Leader at Amgueddfa Cymru, you will oversee a team of Digitisers, working closely with the Project Manager and curatorial staff to ensure the consistent, high-quality digitisation of our herbarium and entomology collections. Practical and technically confident, you will guide colleagues, maintain imaging standards, and help drive the programme forward — making a lasting contribution to how Wales's natural science collections are accessed and used by researchers worldwide.

This role is part of the DiSSCo-UK project, funded by UKRI. DiSSCo UK (Distributed System of Scientific Collections) is a £155 million, 10-year national programme to digitise and connect the UK's natural science collections, delivered by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in partnership with the Natural History Museum and more than 100 partners across the UK. This post is associated with the first phase of the project at Amgueddfa Cymru, the Lead Hub of the DiSSCo UK | West consortium, covering Wales, South West England and Northern Ireland