Lead Digital Preservation & Web Archiving Manager

Digital Preservation Coalition; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

PRONI in Belfast seeks a Curatorial Grade D Digital Preservation Manager to lead a small team responsible for operational delivery of digital preservation and web archiving in line with departmental targets.

The role focuses on maintaining and developing digital repository systems, requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, and vendor liaison, with collaboration across IS to identify improvements and future system replacements.

Qualifications

• A second-class honours degree is required in any discipline.
• Either a postgraduate digital preservation qualification or at least 1 year of practical digital preservation experience.
• At least 2 years of leadership in developing and implementing digital preservation or records management policies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team delivering digital preservation and web archiving operations.
• Maintain and develop digital repository systems and services.
• Gather requirements, engage stakeholders, liaise with vendors, and configure systems.
• Collaborate with IS teams to identify improvements and future system replacements.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Digital preservation

Web archiving

Requirements gathering

Vendor liaison

Education

Second-class honours degree

Postgraduate qualification in Digital Preservation or Digital Records Management

Job description

PRONI in Belfast seeks a Curatorial Grade D Digital Preservation Manager to lead a small team responsible for operational delivery of digital preservation and web archiving in line with departmental targets.

The role focuses on maintaining and developing digital repository systems, requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, and vendor liaison, with collaboration across IS to identify improvements and future system replacements.