Vacancy for Operations Manager (Digital Archiving) at The National Archives (UK)

Digital Preservation Coalition; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Archives is seeking an Operations Manager for its Digital Archiving Department to lead operational initiatives and ensure the longevity of digital public records. This role offers an opportunity to shape the future operating model, enhance team capabilities, and implement business continuity measures as services mature.

Qualifications

• Experience in operational roles, preferably in digital services.
• Leadership skills to manage transformation efforts.
• Ability to define service performance standards.

Responsibilities

• Support development and implementation of operational model.
• Provide operational leadership across Digital Archiving Department.
• Improve risk and issue management and service performance.

Skills

Operational leadership

Risk management

Service availability monitoring

Business continuity planning

Team development

Job description

Vacancy for Operations Manager (Digital Archiving) at The National Archives (UK)

18 September 2024

London

Full-Time

About us:

Archives matter. Without records, we could not hold government to account, carry out pioneering research or learn from the past. Whether they are websites, the evidence heard by inquiries or the algorithms which support official decision-making, preserving our digital public records is vital.
The National Archives is the archive of UK Government and the courts and one of the world’s leading digital archives. We preserve and provide access to the UK’s public records. Our strategy sets out our ambition to be an inclusive, entrepreneurial and disruptive archive.

We have operated as a digital archive for over 20 years. Our technical platform includes innovative new services running alongside systems that are approaching retirement. We are seeking a talented individual to strengthen our team as our next generation of digital archiving services become operational.

About the role:

In this role, you will contribute to our work to ensure that today’s digital public records survive for the benefit of future generations of citizens, researchers, policy makers and historians.

Working across the Digital Archiving Department, you will support the development and implementation of the department’s target operating model, which includes aligning services and shaping the future of our digital teams.

Our team has grown significantly over the last three years as we’ve developed from a long-established Digital Preservation team to a department that now delivers services for Selection and Transfer of digital public records, Access to digital records for diverse audiences and Digital Preservation for future generations. This role will support a corresponding transformation in our operating environment, focusing on structure, processes, roles and culture as our services mature and new initiatives take shape.

An element of the role will be to provide operational leadership, including helping us improve our risk and issue management, define and monitor service availability and performance standards, plan and implement business continuity and disaster recovery measures, as well as building our capability through recruitment and ensuring access to the right learning and development opportunities.