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Collections Manager

Atomic Weapons Establishment, Spencers Wood, Wokingham

Collections Manager

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Atomic Weapons Establishment, Spencers Wood, Wokingham

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 1 day ago, 23 Dec | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 592b24a8bb0c4205b5bce49487932024

Full Job Description

  • Collections management: Ensuring record collections are accurately identified, catalogued, and preserved via appropriate preservation and digital continuity plans, and that these are discoverable and accessible to the relevant stakeholders.
  • Information research: Ensuring information research projects and services respond to business needs and requests.
  • Reporting: Reporting on status and health of record collections, and research services.
  • Stakeholder communication: Stakeholder engagement and internal business outreach.
  • Team management: Will oversee the work of archival research staff.
  • Maintaining and promoting high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality., Research Services
  • Leads research and discovery of collections to answer high-impact queries regarding complex and historical topics.
  • Sets the standard for effective approaches and materials applicable to research projects.
  • Plan and direct outreach activities to promote the collections.
    • Collections Management
  • Leads the development and implementation of strategies and projects for processing and making available of collections in all formats.
  • Oversees the management and storage of collections in all formats.
  • Leads the preservation and conservation projects of physical and digital materials.
  • Actively seek out opportunities to promote the awareness of record collections across the business.
  • Prepares finding aids, guides, and other descriptive access tools, including the creation of encoded finding aids.
  • Maintains and develops knowledge of current developments in archival processing, metadata standards and preservation.
    • Historical and Sensitivity Reviews
  • Oversees the sensitivity and historical reviews undertaken by the team and the business to ensure critical and irreplaceable business and historical records are retained, maintained, and preserved.

    Experience with archival accessioning, arrangement, and description in analog and digital spaces.
  • Experience with preservation actions required for born-digital and reformatted content, including database migrations and complex metadata standardization.
  • Ability to exist in a beta environment where constant troubleshooting is required in analog and digital systems.
  • Strong judgement, attention to detail to futureproof analog/digital systems by considering physical/digital space constraints, creating efficiencies, standardizing archival content in physical/digital spaces, ability to manage people and projects with high-visibility, high-volume.
  • Digitization experience on at least one media type.
  • Masters in Library and Information Science, or similar, with an Archives and Digital Preservation focus, or significant equivalent professional experience.
    • Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:
  • (Technical) writing experience - ability to create process documents that demonstrate workflows for project team and reference reports on collections, as required by management.
    • You'll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.

    Package: £48,250 - £70,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience) Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. Let us introduce the role,
  • 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
  • Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
  • Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
  • Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
  • Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
  • Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
  • Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
  • Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
  • Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.
    • The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'. Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston. Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions. Next steps: Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we'd love to receive your application. Important things you need to know:
  • We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
  • You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
  • We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
  • Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.