Vacancy for Digital Collections Specialist at Science Museum Group

Digital Preservation Coalition; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Science Museum Group seeks a Digital Collections Specialist to lead the acquisition and archiving of digital collections, ensuring their sustainability. This full-time role requires relevant experience and skills in a digital context, supporting curators and developing digital skills across the organization.

Qualifications

• Relevant skills and experience in collections or asset management.
• Experience in a digital, computing, and/or technical context.
• Knowledge of a variety of digital file formats.

Responsibilities

• Devise and lead good practice acquisition and archiving of digital collections.
• Support curators in acquiring born-digital and hybrid digital content.
• Drive the digital collecting programme of activity.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Digital file formats knowledge

Technical problem-solving

Education

Experience in collections or records management

Technical role within a digital environment

Job description

Vacancy for Digital Collections Specialist at Science Museum Group

Digital Preservation Coalition

East Grinstead, Bradford, Manchester, York, London

GBP 30,000 - 45,000

• Vacancy for Digital Collections Specialist at Science Museum Group

Vacancy for Digital Collections Specialist at Science Museum Group

23 July 2023

Any SMG Site (London, Manchester, York, Bradford or Wroughton)

Full-Time

About Us

As the world’s leading group of science museums, the Science Museum Group (SMG) has an unparalleled collection spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics, media, and medicine, with extensive digital and audiovisual content across our world-class collections and corporate records.

We are now recruiting for a Digital Collections Specialist based at any of the SMG sites in London, Manchester, York, Bradford or Wroughton with hybrid working available too. This is a full-time, permanent role, working 35 hours per week.

About the role

In this exciting new role as Digital Collections Specialist, you will devise and lead good practice acquisition and archiving of SMG’s digital collections and digital corporate records, to ensure their long-term sustainability.

As Digital Collections Specialist you will be responsible for leading the surveying of SMG’s digital and audiovisual collections. In establishing digital collecting activities, your role will support Curators and Archivists acquiring born-digital and hybrid digital content, as well as facilitating SMG colleagues’ digital skills development (relevant to our digital collections and digital corporate records).

Working closely with the Digital Preservation Manager, you will contribute to the wider Digital Preservation Programme through the Digital Collecting Project. You will be instrumental in driving the digital collecting programme of activity outlined in SMG’s Collection Development Policy 2021 and Digital Strategy 2022-2024: Reach and Impact , so that the Group’s rich and diverse collection of digital and audiovisual content is acquired, preserved, and made available for future generations.

About you

Joining us you have relevant skills and experience gained in a collections, asset management, records management, or technical role within a digital environment. You will be able to use your communication skills to work collaboratively with colleagues and external stakeholders.

Crucially, you will have experience in a digital, computing, and/or technical context, with knowledge of a variety of digital file formats. You will also have a curiosity for discovering how technologies work and the ability to analyse technical challenges and deliver appropriate solutions.