Metadata Creator/Project Cataloguer (Georgian Papers Programme)

It’s introducing the Georgian age, to the digital age

It's finding innovative ways to make progress. And it's getting satisfaction from working with a Library and Archives of international importance. This is what makes working for Royal Collection Trust so different.

In quality and diversity, The Royal Collection is breath-taking. Working on the unique Georgian Papers Programme as part of our Library and Archives team, your role will be to create metadata, cataloguing documents and manuscripts for internal and external audiences.

You will help to maximise the project's potential by making its unique and diverse content more accessible and easy to navigate.

Preparing material for digitisation, arranging transcription and developing authority files, you'll use your cataloguing expertise to make sure every document is described and easy to find. And, you'll do all this whilst achieving consistently high standards of quality and meeting deadlines.

By gaining an in-depth knowledge of the Georgian Papers, you'll identify key areas of interest for researchers and you will also help to present the project to public audiences.

Collaboration with a number of teams will form part of your daily routine and will be key to your success.

In everything you do, you will aim to engage a growing audience with an expanding digital collection of records.

You'll have a professional archive qualification, or significant experience working in a cataloguing environment, and knowledge of eighteenth century British history would also be useful.

Confident IT skills are a must, and experience of document digitisation along with familiarity of archival cataloguing standards and the CALM cataloguing system would be useful.

With a significant archive of handwritten documents to read, your paleographical skills will be critical.

A good communicator, you'll be eager to present the project to internal and external audiences.

There are deadlines to meet and so you'll need to be organised and have an eye for detail.

Self-motivated, you'll enjoy working independently but also as part of a busy team.

Working with other experts, you'll be eager to take advantage of the many learning and training opportunities that you will find here.

This is your opportunity to use your passion for archives to deliver the exceptional.

In return you will be rewarded with a comprehensive benefits package, including 33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays), a 15% employer contribution pension scheme (with the option for flexibility to increase contributions or draw down as salary) and support for your continued professional development.