Vacancy for Archivist at HES Archives

Digital Preservation Coalition; Dalkeith, City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in cultural heritage is seeking an Archivist to support the migration of educational resources and manage digital archives. The role involves assisting in cataloguing and contributing to preservation efforts, directly impacting numerous collections nationwide.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with transfer, accessioning, appraisal, and cataloguing of digital and digitised archive material.
• Contributing to internal digital preservation research and development.
• Supporting coordination of external digitisation projects.

Job description

Historic Environment Scotland | Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba is migrating hundreds of thousands of learning, educational, and cultural resources from our Scran technology platform to our main Archive management system and digital repository. This is a generational shift in how we manage these digital objects and will safeguard the material from over 200 collections across the country for the future.

The Archivist will support the work of the HES Archives Digital Repository, which includes:

1. Assisting with the transfer, accessioning, appraisal, and cataloguing of born-digital and digitised archive material
2. Contributing to internal digital preservation research and development
3. Supporting the coordination of external digitisation projects