Data Protection / Sensitivity Review Support Officer

Location: St Pancras 
Contract: Fixed Term
Hours: Full time (36 hours)
Grade: C 
Salary: £28,119 per annum

About the role
To conduct Data Protection and Sensitivity (DP/S) Review assessments on files from the India Office Records relating to Gulf History for the British Library Qatar Foundation Partnership (BLQFP), which produces the open access Qatar Digital Library. This will include researching or liaising to research topics identified as being present in files requiring assessment, producing DP/S assessments for c. 80 files with a variety of identified concerns, and liaising with the Cataloguing Team and the Copyright and Compliance Team Lead to complete the assessment process. You will work with compliance leads, cataloguers, and other members of the project team to ensure that the sensitivity reviews and processes follow UK and international legislation and internal policy, and are recorded to a high standard for audit purposes. The aim of this post is to determine whether these in-scope materials could be safely uploaded to our open access digital platform and accessible to our users all across the globe.

The India Office Records comprise the archives of the East India Company (1600-1858), the Board of Control or Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (1784-1858), the India Office (1858-1947), the Burma Office (1937-1948), and a number of British agencies overseas which were officially linked with one or other of the four main bodies. The India Office Private Papers (also known as the European Manuscripts) are probably the world's largest collection outside Asia of personal archives relating to South Asia. The Middle East was of great strategic importance to both the East India Company and the India Office, resulting in a wealth of documentation about the region. The British Library Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme (www.bl.uk/qatar) is making available online records of the British Factories (trading posts) in the Gulf region, plus other relevant Marine records, Board papers, Military records, Proceedings papers and Political and Secret papers within the India Office Records. Private papers of important historical figures relevant to the Gulf will also be digitised and catalogued, alongside manuscripts in English, Arabic and other languages relating to travels and events in the Gulf and Arabia. The project ispartis part way through Phase 4. The digital images, metadata and all contextual information created by the project will be made freely accessible worldwide, without restriction, through the Qatar Digital Library, www.qdl.qa. Enhanced catalogue records are also being made available online in the British Library’s Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts.

Additional Information
This is a full time, fixed term contract post for 6 months or to the 31st October 2025, depending on the start date.

About us 
We are the national library of the UK and we are here for everyone.  Our shelves hold over 170 million items – a living

collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow and far into the future. Our trusted experts care for this collection and open it up for everyone to spark new discoveries, ideas and to help people do incredible things. 

We have millions of books, and much more besides. Our London and Yorkshire sites hold collections ranging from newspapers and maps to sound recordings, patents, academic journals, as well as a copy of every UK domain website and blog. Our public spaces provide a place to research, to meet friends, to start up a new business or simply to get inspired by visiting our galleries and events. We work with partners and libraries across the UK and the world to make sure that as many people as possible have the chance to use and explore our collections, events, and expertise. And we’re always open online, along with more and more of our digitised collection. 

What we can offer you 
A competitive salary.
A fantastic pension scheme with minimum employer contributions of 28.97% (this may be higher dependent on grade).
Flexible working hours, with the ability to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3-month period.
25 days holiday.
Full details of employee benefits can be found on our Careers: Benefits

Closing date: 09 February 2025
Interview date: w/c 24 February 2025  

We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role. 

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse candidates and disabled candidates. We would like to increase the representation of these groups within The British Library to ensure our workforce is as diverse as the public that we serve. Creating an inclusive workplace is the core of our business and a way to engage the diversity of thought that is essential to achieve our aims.

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