Head of Sound Archive Technical Services, British Library

Overview

Head of Sound Archive Technical Services, British Library

£39,000 per annum • Based at St Pancras, London • Full Time/Permanent • Reference: 01332

Responsibilities

• Direct a team of managers of audio engineers, production coordinators and workflow managers who digitise and preserve audio and video recordings to agreed quality standards and targets.
• Oversee staff who provide equipment maintenance and staff and external training.
• Ensure that technical support is provided for curatorial specialists in the acquisition, playback and development of AV collections.
• Ensure close working with other Library teams as necessary, including AV cataloguers, reading room services staff, exhibitions and web publishing.
• Ensure the department remains an international centre of excellence in all aspects of AV preservation.

Qualifications

• Good people and project management skills.
• Significant professional experience working with audio visual collections in a research library, archive or similar environment.
• Good communication skills.
• Good technical knowledge of historic and current audio and video formats.
• Deep knowledge of internationally accepted archival principles as they apply to audio material.

Details

Closing Date: 26th July 2017

Interview Date: 18th August 2017

Application

In order to apply for this vacancy, you must be able to supply the required answers to the following question: Do you currently have the right to work in the United Kingdom?

Contact

Richard Ranft
Head of Sound and Vision,
The British Library,
96 Euston Road,
London NW1 2DB, UK.