Project Archivist; Sensitivity Review at University

Vacancy for Project Archivist (Sensitivity Review) at University of Oxford

Oxford

Fixed Term

This role will support sensitivity review of the Bodleian Libraries' archives and modern manuscripts, with a view to maximising access to these collections.

The major element of work will be planning and undertaking sensitivity review of materials, but you will also contribute to refreshing procedures and documentation that guide this important work, ensuring a consistent approach across the full range of modern archives and manuscripts held at the Libraries, including those of the University itself.

You will be educated to degree level in a subject relevant to our collection materials, and possess a postgraduate qualification in archives management or similar. Alternatively, you will have knowledge and experience equivalent to the above.

Your understanding of the legal and ethical context relevant to modern archives will be excellent and you will have experience of applied data privacy and information compliance work, ideally in a collections context.

You will have sound judgment, and discretion, appropriate to work with sensitive materials. You will have strong project management skills, and a flexible approach.

You will have a high degree of digital literacy, and especially in relation to spreadsheets.

You will have experience of working with archives metadata management environments (ideally Archives Space) as well as confidence in reading and interpreting 20th century manuscript documents.