Digital Technologies Officer

Deadline: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 - 00:00
Employer: Lapworth Museum of Geology, University of Birmingham
Contract Duration: Fixed term (until 31st March 2022)
Contract Type: Full TIme
Salary: £29,799 - £38,832

To manage a project for the digitisation of the Lapworth Museum's collections including the archive. This will involve recruiting and training volunteers to work on the project, including existing volunteers and those from target groups that the Lapworth is not currently meeting through its volunteering and engagement programmes.

Ensure the digital data developed is made widely accessible, and particularly via Higher Education (HE) research platforms. The post holder will also develop creative and innovative ways of utilising the digital data. This will involve working the Lapworth's current diverse audience, and also potential audiences through working and partnership building with community groups. The public engagement work will include close liaison with the Lapworth Museum's existing Learning & Community Development Officer, and the new Learning, Engagement & Development Officer.

The role is supported by Arts Council England (ACE), which is providing funding to the Lapworth Museum of Geology which is now one of ACE's National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs).

PERSON SPECIFICATION:-

Qualifications/Training

- Educated to degree level in an appropriate discipline (geology-sciences-arts-IT) or with similar professional qualifications. Have strong IT knowledge-training relating to digitisation technologies and processes.

Experience

- Significant and demonstrable experience gained in digitisation technologies, data processing-manipulation and data management.

- Experience of utilising digital files for public engagement.

- Experience of developing and delivering digital programmes, policies and action plans with a learning/museum/heritage/arts environment.

- Significant and demonstrable experience gained in social media and web based platforms.

- Experience of planning and delivering training for staff and volunteers.

- Project Management - including development of work programmes, managing budgets and monitoring progress.

- Experience of engaging and managing people from a diverse range of backgrounds (cultural, socioeconomic, demographic).

- Involvement in networks and evidence of working with stakeholder and user groups, including local communities.

Practical Skills:

- Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of groups and organisations.

- The ability to organise and manage time and can prioritise time when faced with conflicting demands.

- Considerable competence in using a broad range of relevant hardware and software for generating and processing digital data.

Personal Qualities and Attributes:

- The ability to work independently or as part of a team.

- Interest in Geology/Science, Heritage/Arts.

- Understanding of issues relating to equality and diversity.

- Self-motivated and able to work un-supervised.

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £29,799 to £38,832. With potential progression once in post to £41,212 a year.