Manuscript Cataloguer (Michael Hamburger archive)

Location: St Pancras
Contract: Fixed Term for 24 months
Hours: Full time (36 hours)
Grade: C
Salary: £28,119 per annum

About the role
The British Library has an internationally renowned collection of archives and manuscripts which grows year on year. We have an exciting opportunity for a fixed term post to catalogue the archive of the poet and translator, Michael Hamburger.

You will undertake all aspects of the archival process including sorting and appraising, hierarchical arrangement, cataloguing, and foliation. Cataloguing will be carried out to national and international standards. In addition, you will answer specialist reader enquiries relating to the archive and publicise and promote the archives to a range of audiences. You will work closely with colleagues in curatorial, conservation, and corporate information areas.

To be successful in this role, you will possess either a professional archive qualification or equivalent experience in a professional environment. You will have experience of applying national and international standards to manuscripts and/or archive cataloguing, an understanding of the preservation needs of modern archives, an understanding of issues in working with hybrid archives, awareness of relevant legislation and experience of applying it to archive cataloguing, the ability to work with colleagues in other areas, and the ability to work independently and to a high degree of accuracy. You should also have a good reading knowledge of German language.

For more information, please refer to the Job Profile.

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.

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: 11 May 2025
Prospective interview date: 20 & 22 May 2025

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

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