EMKP Project Curator: Digital

EMKP Project Curator: Digital
Africa Oceania and the Americas
Full-time
Fixed Term for 18 months
£33,803 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 08 July 2024

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity at the British Museum to contribute to the digital vision and implementation of the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme, which focuses on the digital preservation of critically threatened material knowledge globally. This role will look to carry out a wide-ranging audit of digital platforms and functionality, with a focus on improving workflow and architecture and expanding public usability and accessibility. If you have a strong set of digital skills and experience, and a sensitivity to the needs and priorities of cultural knowledge preservation and curation, we would love to hear from you.

Key areas of responsibility will include:

To review and refine digital audit workflows and contribute to the audit of assets submitted for publication to minimize errors and ensure data quality.
To refine and optimize repository publication workflows ensuring efficient team procedures, strengthening risk management practices, and reducing turnaround times.
To review the repository layout, for better retrieval of data and to improve public accessibility, including the development of user-friendly public-facing platforms for repository dissemination to external stakeholders (e.g. website searching platform via repository API).
To review and refresh website architecture and design to expand scope of website as portal for diverse EMKP users and community.
Further details in the job description
About you:

With a BA/BSc or equivalent in digital humanities, information systems, computer science or related discipline, you will have had experience working with digital repositories and sufficient skills in information and data science. As you will have worked with digital assets and digital collections, you would have digital preservation or archiving certifications.

The postholder would be an effective communicator in written and verbal English, working with a variety of stakeholders and in teams and presenting in public when required.

About the British Museum:

Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays.
Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out here what benefits a civil service pension provides).
Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans
Professional and personal development opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme
Discounts on food and gift shop purchases
Additional details:

For more information about this role, please see the job description.

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