Department: Libraries and Imaging Services

Classification: Exempt, full-time, benefits
Scope of Position: The Dallas Museum of Art seeks a professional archivist to develop, maintain, and provide access to the Dallas Museum of Art archives. The Digital Archivist is charged with preserving the institutional memory of the Dallas Museum of Art through management of the archives and oral history program and must demonstrate a strong commitment to the archives profession. The selected candidate will work with staff from all museum departments to ensure that records of enduring value – in any format – are centrally located and appropriately cataloged for discovery and use by museum staff and the general public.

Essential Functions:

The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint to a new post to provide strategic line-management for staff within ESDS Qualidata and the History Data Service. Applications are invited from suitable candidates with demonstrable relevant management skills, a background in the creative use of digital resources in any area of historical research and experience in setting standards across the data life-cycle, including data creation and analysis, metadata standards and documenting resource creation.

The successful candidate will have the breadth of knowledge required to co-ordinate and contribute to the running of workshops on data creation, management, digitisation, and the use of data in the broader field of social history. Candidates should have a postgraduate degree or equivalent in social science or history, with training in research methods.

Ref SS544
Location Colchester
Job Category Senior Support