Digital Officer

Summary

WE ARE HIRING!

ABOUT LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY

Lambeth Palace Library is the historic library of the Archbishops of Canterbury and preserves the national archives of the Church of England. Our mission is to promote public access to our collection by welcoming researchers and through public engagement, such as outreach and cultural and academic partnerships.

The vision of Lambeth Palace Library is to collect, preserve and make accessible the memory of the Church of England so that its cultural and religious history can be explored and enjoyed by all.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The purpose of this role is to support the vision and mission of the Library by delivering key aspects of the Library's imaging service as well as key aspects of the Library's outreach activities and to contribute to planning future developments in the Library's digital offering.

Core Responsibilities

1. Engaging with our readers and researchers to promote the use of the collections, by providing high-quality copies of archival, manuscript and printed material in digital format, for members of the public as well as staff of the National Church Institutions.
2. Creating digital images for online resources, exhibitions and other forms of outreach, and digital surrogates for preservation purposes
3. Providing digital copies in accordance with the copyright law and advising customers on copyright issues; processing requests for permission to use Library images.
4. Maintaining the digital image bank, systematically storing new images with standard metadata and uploading items and volumes to LUNA image software, according to agreed procedures.

Key Role Requirements

• This is an office-based role, with the expectation of working from the office a minimum of 4 days a week.

ABOUT YOU

The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve across the whole country. Therefore, while of course, we welcome all applications from all interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.

WHAT WE OFFER

Your Salary

• A salary of £38,918, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.

Your Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all flexible working arrangements requests. All requests are looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abby with a plus-one guest.
• Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
• Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS

The National Church Institutions is a hybrid working organisation comprising a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.

We Include. You Belong.

Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.

Living out our values in all that we do, we:

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. We welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

To learn more about this role, please contact Tracey Wade at OR Krzys Adamiec at for an informal chat.

Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for the role.

Vacancy Application Closing Date - 23 October 2024

Interviews will take place the week commencing 11 November 2024