Vacancy for Curatorial Grade D Digital Preservation Manager at NICS, PRONI

Digital Preservation Coalition; Belfast City District; Sur place; GBP 42 000 - 56 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

PRONI in Belfast seeks a Curatorial Grade D Digital Preservation Manager to lead a small team responsible for operational delivery of digital preservation and web archiving in line with departmental targets.

The role focuses on maintaining and developing digital repository systems, requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, and vendor liaison, with collaboration across IS to identify improvements and future system replacements.

Qualifications

• A second-class honours degree is required in any discipline.
• Either a postgraduate digital preservation qualification or at least 1 year of practical digital preservation experience.
• At least 2 years of leadership in developing and implementing digital preservation or records management policies.

Responsabilités

• Lead a small team delivering digital preservation and web archiving operations.
• Maintain and develop digital repository systems and services.
• Gather requirements, engage stakeholders, liaise with vendors, and configure systems.
• Collaborate with IS teams to identify improvements and future system replacements.

Connaissances

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Digital preservation

Web archiving

Requirements gathering

Vendor liaison

Formation

Second-class honours degree

Postgraduate qualification in Digital Preservation or Digital Records Management

Description du poste

• Vacancy for Curatorial Grade D Digital Preservation Manager at NICS, PRONI

Vacancy for Curatorial Grade D Digital Preservation Manager at NICS, PRONI

13 November 2026

Belfast, Ireland

Full-Time

The key responsibilities of the role include the following:

Lead a small team responsible for operational delivery of digital preservation and web archiving in line with PRONI and Departmental business targets;

Maintain and develop digital repository systems and services, including requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, vendor liaison, system configuration, testing and troubleshooting. Work closely with RMCAT and IS colleagues to identify opportunities for systems improvements and/or future system replacement, ensuring continuous service improvement.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Applicants must, by the closing date for applications, have:

1. At least a second-class honours degree in any discipline;

AND

At least one of the following: (i) A recognised post-graduate Digital Preservation or Digital Records Management qualification e.g Records Management & Digital Preservation MSc; OR (ii)At least 1 years’ practical experience* in a digital preservation role, undertaking digital preservation processing and applying digital preservation principles, policies and practices;

AND

At least 2 years’ experience demonstrating leadership in the development and implementation of digital preservation and / or digital recordkeeping policies, strategies or programmes.