Hybrid Digital Preservation & Systems Leader

The University of Manchester; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous employer pension contribution

29 days' annual leave and holidays

Ride to Work and EV schemes

Job summary

The University of Manchester Library is seeking a Digital Preservation and Systems Manager to lead the technical transformation of digital collection systems, improving discovery, access and long-term preservation. You will oversee digitisation, preservation and access, and provide specialist advice on metadata and digital asset management.

This hybrid role offers collaboration with IT Services and external partners, and will involve leading a small team to deliver high-quality digital services

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of digitisation, metadata standards, digital object management and digital preservation approaches.
• Experience supporting digitised collections, technical projects and applications that manage metadata and digital objects.
• Ability to import and export digital objects and metadata, and to work with legacy formats and systems.
• A logical, service-oriented approach, with excellent problem-solving, communication and technical documentation skills.
• Experience managing a small team or providing day-to-day supervision and support.
• Desirable: experience developing front-end interfaces to digital content.
• Desirable: honours degree or professional qualification in library/information/computing/digital scholarship.

Responsibilities

• Leading the technical transformation of digital collection systems to improve discovery, access and long-term preservation.
• Managing systems, infrastructure and services that support digitisation, preservation and access.
• Providing specialist advice on digitisation, digital preservation, metadata, digital asset management and application support.
• Improving metadata quality, interoperability and integration, and delivering technical projects into operational service.
• Leading supplier relationships and managing and developing a small specialist team.

Skills

Digitisation and metadata standards

Metadata management and digital object

Import/export of digital objects and 3

Service-oriented approach and problem‑

Team management / supervision

Education

Honours degree in library, information, computing or digital scholarship

Job description

The University of Manchester Library is seeking a Digital Preservation and Systems Manager to lead the technical transformation of digital collection systems, improving discovery, access and long-term preservation. You will oversee digitisation, preservation and access, and provide specialist advice on metadata and digital asset management.

This hybrid role offers collaboration with IT Services and external partners, and will involve leading a small team to deliver high-quality digital services