Contractual hours
36
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Cataloguing & Metadata
Date posted
26/08/2025
Job reference
R
Location: Boston Spa or St Pancras
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (36 hours)
Grade: B
Salary: £31,364 per annum BSP / £34,608 per annum STP
About the role
The Metadata department has a vacancy for a Metadata Systems Analyst, to be based in West Yorkshire (Boston Spa) or London (our St Pancras site). As a member of the Metadata Systems team, you will initially be participating in the implementation and support of a new cloud-based library system (Ex Libris Alma) to manage our published collections. The team also provides business support for systems which relate to archives & manuscripts and collection management. Along with your fellow team members, you will work with colleagues across the organisation to ensure that library systems and associated processes are implemented and optimised to meet business requirements and that users conform to established best practice and recognised standards, contributing to the necessary training and documentation.
Highly organised, enthusiastic and able to work to tight deadlines, you'll have good analytical skills, pay great attention to detail and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
In addition to knowledge of relevant metadata standards for published resources and/or archives & manuscripts, you will have experience in working with library systems and knowledge of library acquisition and bibliographic workflows. A relevant degree or professional qualification will be an advantage.
For further 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 $ú 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 page.
Closing date: 05 October 2025
Interview dates: 21 & 23 October 2025
If you have any questions, please contact: BL-
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.