Photo Archive Officer

Photo Archive Officer

Contract: 6 months fixed term, full time (35 hours per week)

Salary: £33,233 - £34,894 pro-rata (depending on experience) with excellent benefits

Location: London, UK
Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.  

About WaterAid:
Want to use your archive skills to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere? We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as Photo Archive Officer to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.

About the Team:
WaterAid’s sector-leading Creative Content team, made up of film, photo and Community Voices storytelling teams is responsible for commissioning, producing, processing, curating and disseminating the majority of WaterAid’s photography and film assets.  

About the Role:
As our experienced and process-oriented Photo Archive Officer you will help manage the flow and curation of photo and film content across WaterAid as we migrate to a new Digital Asset Management (DAM) system.
In this role, you will support the transfer of photo and film assets and associated metadata to the new Digital Asset Management system as well as be involved in testing the new system prior to its launch.
You’ll also: 

• Maintain day-to-day workflow of the old Asset Management system prior to system migration
• Prepare and upload new photo and film content to the asset management system
• Work with the photo team to curate content so that the best film and photo assets are available to users across WaterAid
• Implement workflows aligned with our Representation in Communications policy.

About You:
To be successful, you’ll need: 

• Photo or film archive experience in a relevant sector
• Experience working with digital asset management systems
• Experience of key wordinging and managing large amounts of metadata
• Knowledge of photography formats, workflows and post production processes

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:

• Experience setting up or migrating to a new digital asset management system
• Knowledge of film formats, workflows and post profuction process
• Working knowledge of Asset Bank and/or Orange Logic

Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 12 January 2025. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.

How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click ‘Apply’. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format.

Pre-employment screening: In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. All our vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.

Our Benefits:

• 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free annual eye tests
• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
• Sabbaticals
• Volunteer Day

Our Commitment
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have.  We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.     

Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.

Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.