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Join the prestigious British Museum as a Records Manager and contribute to preserving human history and culture.
Overview
Salary £48144
Location Bloomsbury
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Organisation summary: The British Museum, established in 1753, is home to a collection that documents the breadth of human civilization. With iconic artifacts like the Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies, the museum is not only a top visitor attraction but also a guardian of a vast array of prints and drawings from renowned artists like Dürer and Rembrandt. It's an institution dedicated to educational enrichment and cultural preservation, offering a stimulating work environment.
Role Summary:Lead the Records Management compliance within the Legal Services and Information Governance department.Support the Information Governance strategy implementation across the Museum.Develop and maintain records management frameworks and practices.Provide expert advice for managing the Museum's diverse collection of records.
Role Requirements:A degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.Knowledge of information management laws and legislation.Proven experience in records management, particularly with large volumes of data.Ability to develop and enforce policies, procedures, and guidance for records management.Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.Problem-solving abilities and the skill to manage multiple projects effectively.
Benefits: A competitive package including a generous leave allowance, civil service pension, free museum access, discounts, and professional development opportunities.
The organisation - The British Museum
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is a leading visitor attraction, and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. The Museum also holds an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists such as Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.
The role - Records Manager
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the British Museum within our Legal Services and Information Governance department for a Records Manager who can proactively drive and implement compliance in the area of Records Management. The Records Manager will assist the Head of Information Governance in ensuring implementation of the Museum’s Information Governance strategy Museum-wide and more specifically ensure compliance with records management related legislation, standards, and frameworks. The main purpose of this role is to develop and deliver effective records management practices and solutions, implement and maintain the Museum’s records management framework, and provide specialist records management advice, knowledge and support to the Museum.
Job requirements
Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience. Good working knowledge of freedom of information law and legislation forming the legal framework of information management (e.g., Public Records Act 1958, Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988). Demonstrable experience of working in an information management or records management environment, experience in dealing with large volumes of electronic and non-electronic information. Experience developing and implementing records management policies, reports, operating procedures and guidance. Excellent organisation and planning skills to co-ordinate and manage numerous workstreams simultaneously with confidence; work to strict deadlines; prioritise workloads; and to identify and escalate risk. Excellent communication, influencing, stakeholder and change management skills. Ability to organise and plan own work schedule to drive change and use effective and creative problem solving and decision-making skills to achieve tangible results.
Benefits
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including: Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out here what benefits a civil service pension provides). Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections Interest-free travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans Professional and personal development opportunities Employee Assistance Programme Discounts on food and gift shop purchases.
Additional details
The interviews are expected to take place on 12 and 13 February. If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of in order to support you with your application, please provide details to [email removed - click apply for more details]. The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience. We offer a flexible way of working that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you. We would typically see this role as working on site about 2/3 days a week. The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.
