Project Data Manager (Stories In Motion) – fixed term until February 2029

AMIA | Assn of Moving Image Archivists; Greater London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension

Childcare support

Maternity/Paternity pay

Tickets & cinema discounts

BFI Player

Job summary

The British Film Institute (BFI) is seeking a Project Data Manager to lead the development, management and delivery of data standards for the Stories in Motion project in London.

You will ensure high-quality data across CID, deliver project reporting, and represent the Data and Digital Preservation Team at project meetings, promoting best practice in data management and digital preservation.

Qualifications

• Strong demonstrable knowledge of a Collections Management System in an archive/library/museum context.
• Strong knowledge of information management and data quality principles and their practical application.
• Good understanding of large datasets and Excel usage.
• Experience with data imports/exports, data cleaning and maintaining data quality.

Responsibilities

• Define data standards for the Stories in Motion project with the Collections Data Manager.
• Design and deliver training to system users in collaboration with Data Preservation colleagues.
• Create and publicise user support resources.
• Create and maintain data import templates for the project.
• Process data imports and bulk data changes to support delivery.
• Develop and maintain authority terms for the project.

Skills

Collections Management System

Data quality principles

Excel

Bulk data imports/exports

Tools

Axiell Collections

Job description

Position

Project Data Manager (Stories In Motion) – fixed term until February 2029 ()

Location

London, London United Kingdom

Application Date

October 08, 2026

Job Link

https://bfijobsandopportunities.bfi.org.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=3339957AUC&WVID=384536015T

Job Contact

[e-mail]

SALARY: £43,755 – £51,465

Fixed Term Contract: until 28 February 2029

We are looking for a Project Data Manager to lead the development, management and delivery of data standards and processes for the BFI’s Stories in Motion project. Working within the BFI’s Cataloguing Standard, you will provide guidance and support to project teams, ensuring consistent and high-quality data management across the programme. The role is responsible for delivering project reporting through the Collections Information Database (CID), as well as representing the Data and Digital Preservation Team at project meetings, championing best practice in data management and digital preservation.

‘Stories in Motion’ is a three-year programme designed to open the BFI National Archive to wider and diverse audiences, discover new collections, secure the UK’s at-risk videotape screen heritage, and build a resilient, specialist skilled and diverse workforce for the future. The project aims to:

• Increaseequitablepublic engagement with the UK’s screen heritage
• Embed inclusive, community-ledand collaborative practice across the BFI National Archive,
• Strengthen understanding, improving transparency and discoverability of the national collection
• Build sector resilience through partnershipsand long-term workforce development

What You’ll Do

• Work with the Collections Data Manager to define data standards for the new major National Lottery project Stories in Motion.
• Design and deliver training to systems users, collaborating with other Data and Digital Preservation colleagues where necessary.
• Create, review and publicise new and existing user support resources.
• Create and maintain data import templates for the project, working collaboratively with colleagues.
• Process data imports and other bulk data changes to support the delivery of the project.
• Work with Information Specialist to develop and maintain authority terms required for the project.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong demonstrable knowledge of, and experience using, a Collections Management System to manage and improve data (e.g. Axiell Collections) within an archive, library, museum or similar environment.
• Strong demonstrable knowledge of information management and data quality principles in museums and archives, and their practical application across a variety of uses within a collections context
• Good understanding of, and experience working with, large datasets using standard tools, for example Excel.
• Practical experience of data management tasks such as bulk data imports / exports, data cleaning and maintaining data quality and integrity.

Take a look at the full job description to learn more about the role and how you could be a great fit.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service) + bank holidays + the option to buy up to 5 extra days of annual leave
• Additional paid time off between Christmas and New Year
• BFI pension scheme with 5% employer contribution
• BFI Childcare Scheme, where we contribute to childcare costs
• Enhanced pay for Maternity & Paternity leave
• Complimentary tickets to BFI Southbank & IMAX screenings and events
• Free BFI Player subscription + discount on BFI merchandise, and film tickets

Plus more!

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a place at the first stage selection process to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be found in the attachments on the left.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Thursday 08 October 2026

First interviews will be held on 20/21 October 2026

Second interviews will be held on TBC