JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: B
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Archives and Library Services – News
LOCATION: Broadcasting House, Bristol. 2/3 days per week on site required
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: Up to £33,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Archives Technology & Services (ATS) is a team of about 200 colleagues, based across the whole of the UK. We are responsible for the collection, storage and delivery of the BBC's content. This involves providing digital media storage and media movement technology, file delivery tools and digital archive systems across the BBC. From archive research, music library services, corporate records management and an extensive written archive service, as well as heritage artefacts. It also includes the news and sport libraries.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
This is a great opportunity for someone that is passionate about archiving, enjoys working in a fast paced and sometimes demanding environment, providing archive information for breaking news stories as they arise. It's an exciting role that offers exposure to a wealth of historic information.
Digital Archivists support the Charter requirements to maintain an archive for the BBC, ensuring content is available for re-use and exploitation. They apply specialist knowledge of the collections for selection, research, cataloguing and compliance of content. Digital Archivists present and showcase Archive content increasingly via digital delivery.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
* Cataloguing content to support re-use, search and accessibility of the archive and library collections.
* Managing enquiries from users of the BBC's archive and library collections, supporting them to navigate and search and providing a mediated access and delivery service of content.
* Using search skills and emerging analytic tools to enable the curation of digital assets across multiple platforms.
* Working with digital and non-digital collections delivering specialist services.
* Working as part of a team, as well as independently, Archivists interact with a range of customers and user communities, both BBC and externally.
* Exercising attention to detail at all times, and often working to very tight deadlines
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* A higher education qualification in archives, records or information management; or equivalent experience of working in broadcast and media content management
* Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of current BBC News and Current Affairs output and awareness of how these will develop in the future
* Demonstrable knowledge of news archiving systems and their application in managing news content
* Understanding of archive selection, metadata enhancement and awareness of rights issues
* Examples of excellent attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines
Please note: around 1 month on site (5 days per week) will be required to undertake induction and full training.
Desired But Not Required
* Knowledge of broadcasting technology practices, relevant regulations.
* Interest in National and Regional news output
* A good appreciation or knowledge of databases and computer software packages (in particular, Microsoft Excel) and their application to information services
* Experience of working as part of a customer-focused team
If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
Disclaimer
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
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Redeployment
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.