Vacancy at the Digital Preservation Coalition: Preservation Registry Analyst

Digital Preservation Coalition; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

An organization dedicated to preserving digital knowledge is seeking a Preservation Registry Analyst to enhance digital preservation capacity and improve registry services. The role offers a flexible remote work option and a competitive salary between £38,474 and £47,047. Candidates should possess experience in digital preservation and strong analytical skills. Applications are welcome globally, and the deadline for submission is September 26th, 2023.

Qualifications

• Experience in digital preservation practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a global context.

Responsibilities

• Enhance existing digital preservation registries.
• Maximize registry usefulness for practitioners.
• Support development of ‘Digipres Wikibase’ registry.

Skills

Digital preservation

Registry services

User experience improvement

Job description

Vacancy at the Digital Preservation Coalition: Preservation Registry Analyst

The DPC seeks to appoint a Preservation Registry Analyst to deliver programmatic improvements in digital preservation capacity on behalf of the DPC’s global membership.

This role will work to improve the user experience and usefulness of a defined set of community-owned and community-maintained registry services and related information sources by supporting and developing a ‘Digipres Wikibase’ registry as part of the new “Building registries of digital preservation good practice” project.

Key responsibilities include enhancing existing digital preservation registries, maximizing their usefulness for practitioners and preservation services, and developing facilities to populate appropriate registries automatically or semi-automatically with good practice information.

The successful candidate will be appointed on a fixed term basis for two years at a salary between £38,474 and £47,047, with the possibility of the role becoming permanent at the end of that period.

The DPC welcomes applications from around the world and is flexible about the place of employment, with most work expected to be remote.

To apply, please submit a short cover letter and application form by email to [e-mail] by 0900 (BST) on Tuesday 26th September 2023.

For more information, please contact [e-mail] or [e-mail].