Documentation Officer; FTC

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Salary £27,052 per annum

Contractual hours 35

Basis Full time

Based at National Science and Media Museum

Package 12-month fixed term contract

Job category/type Contract
- Full Time, Dept.

- Collections, Tenure
- Fixed Term, Type
- Employee

Do you have the curiosity and precision to investigate some of the most unusual objects in our collection - including radioactive items?

About us

The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford explores the culture of image and sound technologies and their impact on our lives. Home to internationally significant collections of film, television, photography, sound and gaming technologies, alongside extensive library and archive collections, the museum is internationally recognised while retaining a strong sense of place and relevance for its local communities. As part of a rich cultural programme, we deliver three festivals each year and house three cinemas - including Europe s first IMAX screen and the world s only public Cinerama screen.

The museum is part of the Science Museum Group, the world s leading group of science museums, which also includes the Science Museum in London, the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, the National Railway Museum in York and Locomotion in Shildon. Together we care for a collection of over seven million items spanning science, technology, engineering, medicine, transport and media, and we share a mission to inspire futures - igniting curiosity among people of all ages and backgrounds.

Joining us means becoming part of a talented group of colleagues working to care for, understand and share these extraordinary collections with the world.

About the role

The Documentation Officer role is based within the Documentation Team and will work group wide across all of SMG  collections. You will support the wider aims of the team by investigating and resolving legacy issues in the collection, helping to maintain accountability for the objects in our care. This will involve working directly with the collection, ensuring that we are able to identify objects within the store.

You will also use innovative techniques to analyse, record, and improve our collections data. Ultimately improving how we understand, care for, and share our collections whether on display or in store.

You will be upholding SMG cataloguing and documentation standards, ensuring that data is consistent and accurate. You will also contribute to the digitisation of these objects by producing and editing data for our sector-leading Collections Online web portal, helping to share these collections with the world.

This post will be based at the National Science and Media Museum. As part of the Science Museum Group, the National Science and Media Museum (NSMM) explores the culture of image and sound technologies and their impact on our lives. It holds internationally significant collections of film, television, photographic, sound and gaming technologies as well as extensive library and archive collections.

NSMM is an internationally recognised Museum which also retains a deep sense of place and relevance for is local communities.

As part of a rich cultural programme, we deliver three festivals, are home to three cinemas including Europe  first IMAX screen and the world  only public Cinerama screen.

This post will focus on our most recent Collections Review project. Investigating and reviewing some of SMG  hazardous collections, including radioactive items. This role willbe vital inincreasing our understanding ofthese hazards,the types of objectsthey are found in, andhowtheycan beidentifiedand recorded. You will support the identification and cataloguing of these objects and advise others on Mimsy and our Collections Management procedures. Alongside this you will be a central point of contact for the Documentation department on this project.

This is a full-time, 12-month fixed term contract, working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. You ll be based on-site at our National Science and Media Museum in Bradford five days a week - this is a practical role…