One-Year Digital Archives & Digitisation Assistant

The Digital Asset Management Consortium, Inc.; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield University seeks an Archive and Digitisation Assistant for a one-year post in Special Collections, Heritage, and Archives. The role supports a Digital Scholarship Suite project and involves digitising material, creating metadata, and assisting the Project Archivist and Digitisation Officer.

The successful candidate should have practical archive and IT skills, with the ability to work independently or in a team and manage deadlines. Enthusiasm for archives and learning is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a library or archives environment.
• Familiarity with a library/archives collections management system.
• Ability to work accurately and methodically with attention to detail.
• Capable of working unsupervised or in a team and prioritising workflow to meet deadlines.
• Ability to handle fragile material with care and security.
• Excellent IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Archivist and Digitisation Officer in daily tasks.
• Create basic metadata and transfer information from finding aids to spreadsheets.
• Digitise a variety of formats and generate descriptive/technical metadata.
• Carry out basic preservation work and re-house material.
• Upload digital content and metadata to online catalogues and DAM systems.
• Prepare, sort and package material for outsourced digitisation and check returns.
• Assist with listing uncatalogued collections and supervise volunteers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Independent work

Archive knowledge

IT skills

Team collaboration

Prioritisation

Education

Degree or equivalent in arts or humanities

Tools

DAM systems

Job description

Sheffield University seeks an Archive and Digitisation Assistant for a one-year post in Special Collections, Heritage, and Archives. The role supports a Digital Scholarship Suite project and involves digitising material, creating metadata, and assisting the Project Archivist and Digitisation Officer.

The successful candidate should have practical archive and IT skills, with the ability to work independently or in a team and manage deadlines. Enthusiasm for archives and learning is essential.