Collections Digitisation Officer Bristol, England

Bristol City Council

Full Time Bristol, England 25987 - 29237 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Full Time, Permanent

We are recruiting for a highly motivated, creative and technical individual to provide digitisation services across Bristol Museums and Archives. The service includes two museum sites (Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, and M Shed), three historic houses (Georgian House, Red Lodge and Blaise), as well as the city’s Archives.

We are looking for a highly skilled photographer and digitisation specialist to enable improved access to museum collections and archives: photographing museum collections and activities, and scanning archival documents using a range of specialist equipment. This position involves working across multiple sites on a diverse range of projects for both internal teams and external clients. You will be able to manage your own time and workload effectively and have expertise in museum and/or archives digitisation programmes.

You will be based in the digitisation studio at Bristol Archives (B Bond) and be required to travel to and work in our museums and historic houses. You will work alongside curatorial colleagues to photograph museum collections including Art, Natural History, World Cultures and Industrial and Maritime History. Archive material, in a wide range of media, dates from the early medieval period to the present day and includes plans, maps, photographs and bound volumes.

Key elements of the role will be to:

To manage digitisation and photographic facilities on a day to day basis, to include: meeting allocated budgets, performance targets and quality standards, liaison with ICT colleagues and external suppliers, ordering specialist equipment, materials, etc. and control their storage, safety and security.

To generate income for the service by providing specialist digitisation and photography services to others in the cultural sector, as well as to businesses, and private individuals.

To create high quality digitised/photographic images of items from the collections, buildings and activities of the service; to carry out post-capture processing and produce optimised copies of the images for a range of uses including preservation.

To handle delicate collection items (objects, volumes, documents, and photographic media) appropriately and to identify sensitive strategies for digitisation or photography.

To contribute to commercialisation of the museum/archives service by providing high quality digital assets for retail and print on demand services.

To meet stringent digital asset management protocols including business continuity/disaster recovery requirements, archival digital storage and preservation needs, accessibility and statutory controls.

To maintain up to date knowledge of relevant digitisation/photography technology, standards and practices via research and contact with other similar or related services.

To collaborate with the Digital Team in prioritising digital activity according to the service business plan.

Additional information

The postholder must be willing and able to work across multiple sites in Bristol.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact Mark Pajak [email protected]

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

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