Project Support Officer

The British Library is looking for two Project Support Officers to join the Conservation for Digitisation Team. In this role, you will enable digitisation of collection items and tracts as part of various digitisation projects to make content available Online. You will support digitisation conservators and liaise with members of different projects, internal and commercial partners, such as Adam Matthew Digital and Gale Cengage, to ensure the provision of access to the collections.
Successful candidates will:
- Retrieve, deliver and replace collection items for the digitisation conservator, and other users as needed.
- Create batches of items, record information and monitor workflow.
- Support the digitisation conservator in assessing material to enable conservation and preservation checks and digitisation.
- Ensure items retrieved from storage and assessed, or sent to Digitisation studio/Collection Care etc. are recorded appropriately for security and tracking purposes.
- Measure of and boxing of items requiring preservation.
- Support projects workflows.

In return, we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits. Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes a minimum of 28.97% (this may be higher dependant on grade. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays. This role qualifies for a digital allowance.
Closing date: 24 November 2024
Interview date: 5 & 6 December 2024
We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role, as it does not meet the eligibility criteria required for this immigration route.
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