Lead & Preserve: Sound Heritage Digital Archivist Roles

International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

We are looking for experts to join us in the British Library, London, as we embark on an exciting five year Heritage Lottery funded project, "Unlocking Our Sound Heritage". The project is part of the Library’s “Save Our Sounds” programme, and will digitally preserve almost half a million sound recordings and establish a network of ten audio archiving centres across the UK.

The job vacancies below are each full-time, fixed-term contracts for 5 years:

Vacancies

• 01266 - Lead Metadata Manager HLF
  Salary £39,000
  Applications close: 28 May
• 01263 - Lead Technical Manager HLF
  Salary £39,000
  Applications close: 21 May
• 01260 - Preservation Audio Engineer/Trainer (4 posts)
  Salary £32,000
  Applications close: 21 May
• 01258 Training and Dissemination Manager
  Salary £39,000
  Applications close: 18 May

Contact

Richard Ranft
Head of Sound and Vision, The British Library,
96 Euston Road, London NWI 2DB, UK.