Some of you may consider working as IT professionals in the culture and heritage sector on graduation. This page links to jobs ads, past and present, in the sector with a view to giving you some idea of the kinds of work you might be doing.

Good sources of job postings

Archimuse
» http://conference.archimuse.com/forums/subject_areas/issues/jobs_available_and_wanted

Museum Jobs
UK-based "Jobsite for Museums, Galleries, Libraries & Archives"; also a few US jobs.
» http://www.museumjobs.com

The National Museum Directors' Conference jobs website
Jobs site for the National Museum Directors' Conference which "represents the leaders of the UK's national collections and major regional museums. These comprise the national museums in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the British Library, National Library of Scotland, and the National Archives, and four leading regional museums".
» http://www.nationalmuseumjobs.org.uk

The Museum Employment Resource Center
Museum and gallery jobs in general (chiefly US-based), but with a great many IT / ICT job postings
» http://www.museum-employment.com

Heritage and museums management jobs at Prospects, "the UK's official graduate careers website"
» http://www.prospects.ac.uk

Museum Employment Opportunities
Links from the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies (SCEMS) to listings of museum employment opportunities
» http://museumstudies.si.edu/employment.html

The American Association of Museums, Aviso Employment Resources Online
The career and employment portal, again largely US-based jobs.
» http://www.aam-us.org/aviso/

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Indicative job advertisements

Job title: Webmaster
Location: Europeana, The Hague, The Netherlands
Salary: [not stated]
Job description: "Europeana.eu is a prototype portal that brings together Europe’s distributed cultural heritage. Europeana.eu inspires ideas and deepens understanding by sharing Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage with the world online. The prototype has been funded by the European Commission under the eContentplus programme, as part of the i2010 policy. The European Commission's goal for Europeana is to build on Europe's rich heritage and combine multicultural and multilingual environments with technological advances and new business models. ... The Webmaster plays a key role in the communication with Europeana’s partners and stakeholders by managing and maintaining its web presence. The Webmaster will be responsible for the online marketing of Europeana and managing stakeholder relationships online. This will involve creating and maintaining databases of registrations and developing and dispatching newsletters. The Webmaster will develop online marketing tools and manage and maintain Europeana’s multimedia assets. The postholder will work closely with the Editorial and Marketing Assistants in carrying out the range of marketing and PR activities."
Link: http://dev.europeana.eu/jobs.php?view=Webmaster+(WM_0209.01)

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Job title: Digital Collections Manager
Location: Imperial War Museum, London
Salary: £28,000 per annum
Job description: "The Digital Collections Manager will be responsible for the development and implementation of policies and procedures for Digital Asset Storage and Management that ensure the integration of corporate digital assets and associated metadata, integrity and of the data, maintenance of security, and appropriate controls for disaster recovery of the database.
In addition, the post-holder will work with the museum’s ICT department and the Collections Care Manager to plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure, and contribute to the Collections Disaster Recovery Plan.
The DCO will be responsible for the planning and monitoring of digital storage for collections material, developing appropriate file structures and protocols for digital transfer. The post-holder will also be expected to verify the integrity of digital assets and associated metadata – ensuring accuracy, consistency and validity. They will also develop and advise on the use of standards and formats for different types of metadata, whether internal or outsourced. The DCO will be expected to maintain an awareness of intellectual property rights, and also to monitor technical development and obsolescence in the sector.
The post-holder will be involved in monitoring digitisation projects and ensuring that this integrates with all other digitisation activities, with the redevelopment of the web site and with related initiatives including introduction of a new Collection Management System and Digital Asset Management Systems and associated e-commerce. The DCO will also play a key role in developing proposals for extending the digitisation programme and in assisting the Museum in seeking external funding and commercial opportunities.
The DCO will see through implementation of the new DAMS within the agreed timeframe established by the CCMS/LMS Steering Group
The DCO will be expected to liaise with the supplier and key staff in the collections division to ensure the DAMS database is configured to fit specific functional needs across the museum’s sites and departments. The post holder will also work closely with the relevant suppliers to ensure that all of these systems work together in an integrated manner.
The post holder will be the first point of contact for users of the Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), making decisions concerning the appropriate support mechanism for the resolution of system issues. The DCO will act as a solver Unit on the ICT Help Desk, working closely with ICT to ensure issues are dealt with by the appropriate party.
The DCO will also ensure through close co-operation with the museum’s Documentation Manager and Data Standards Officer that agreed museum data standards are developed and supported in the DAMS database across the Museum.
The post-holder will be expected to train users and answer questions relating to the database’s functions and capabilities."
Link: http://www.museumjobs.com/jobdetails.php?JobID=5168

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Job title: Education and Outreach Officer: Web Learning
Location: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Salary range: £23,172-£30,704 per annum
Job description: "Would you like to work alongside Charles Darwin, Lord Byron and Jane Austen?
A unique and exciting opportunity to help bring to life one of the world's literary treasures has arisen from the National Library of Scotland's acquisition of the John Murray Archive <http://www.nls.uk/jma/index.html> (1768-1920). The archive comprises over 150,000 items, featuring some of the greatest writers of the 19th century. We are looking for someone who can bring this literary treasure to life online for 21st century users.
You will plan and deliver a wide range of innovative and accessible web-based learning resources, interpretation and access initiatives, based on the John Murray Archive and the Library's wider collections, to diverse online audiences. A creative and flexible approach to learning, knowledge of best practice in and experience of developing resources using learning technologies are all essential.
You will take a lead on the development of content for web features and e-learning applications designed to provide access to material digitised from the John Murray Archive. You will be an innovative problem-solver, with a proven ability to create content that meets defined quality and access standards. It is essential that you have an understanding of the principles of web usability and accessibility and knowledge of the current educational sector. An understanding of the cultural or library sector would be an advantage. "
Link: http://www.nls.uk/professional/jobs/education-officer.pdf

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Job title: Database Manager (TMS)
Location: Tate Britain, Millbank, London
Salary range: £24,375 - £32,250 per annum
Job description: "The Museum System (TMS) is a sophisticated collections management system used by Tate to catalogue the collection, and to manage loans and exhibition programmes. We will look to you to ensure the continuing development of TMS to support changing and new gallery processes. As well as managing its day-to-day operation and offering support to our 300 plus users, you'll develop Crystal reports and supporting Oracle views to meet users' reporting requirements. You'll also, where necessary, install and test new versions and upgrades to the systems.
Having worked in collections documentation within a museum, art gallery or similar organisation, you're fully familiar with collections management systems. You should have knowledge and experience of the processes and procedures involved in a range of collections management activities."
Link: http://www.tate.org.uk/about/workingattate/default.htm

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Job title: e-Learning Officer
Location: The Museum of London, London
Salary range: £24,858 - £28,170 p.a.
Job description: "The Museum of London is one of Europe’s largest urban history museums and our staff are passionate about what they do. We employ a wide range of people in jobs as diverse as the team we are trying to build. We have a vacancy (fixed term until the 31st March 2009) in our Learning department, supported by the Renaissance in the Regions programme. It is an exciting time for learning at the Museum of London – the Clore Learning Centre will open in early 2009 and new galleries a year later, transforming the museum as a resource for learning. You will take the lead on the development and piloting of e-learning activities for schools, families and adults in the Clore Learning Centre. You will also contribute to the management of the Learning section on the Museum’s website. You will need a successful track record of developing and delivering learning activities that incorporate the use of computers and hand-held technologies. Excellent ICT, interpersonal and project management skills are essential."
Link: http://www.molg.org.uk/English/Jobs/

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Job title: Online Learning Manager
Location: Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Salary Range: £28k to £34k
Job description: "The Victoria and Albert Museum has a large website and an active digital programme. With the opening of the Sackler Centre for Arts Education and within it a digital studio, we are looking to appoint an online learning specialist to lead the development of our learning materials, especially for formal education, and to run courses in their use.
You will be imaginative and reliable, will have taught in schools or colleges, produced successful online learning materials and have an understanding of the applications of Web 2 in education and museums. "
Link: http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/online_learning_manager_victoria_albert_museum_london_

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Job title: ESDS Social History Data Manager
Location: UK Data Archive, Colchester
Salary range: £33,779 to £40,335
Job description: "The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint to a new post to provide strategic line-management for staff within ESDS Qualidata and the History Data Service. Applications are invited from suitable candidates with demonstrable relevant management skills, a background in the creative use of digital resources in any area of historical research and experience in setting standards across the data life-cycle, including data creation and analysis, metadata standards and documenting resource creation. The successful candidate will have the breadth of knowledge required to co-ordinate and contribute to the running of workshops on data creation, management, digitisation, and the use of data in the broader field of social history. "
Link: http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/esds_social_history_data_manager_uk_data_archive
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Job title: Digital Collections Officer
Location: Imperial War Museum, London
Salary range: £26,600 to £30,100
Job description: "The post holder will be the first point of contact for users of the Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), making decisions concerning the appropriate support mechanism for the resolution of system issues. The DCO will act as a solver Unit on the ICT Help Desk, working closely with ICT to ensure issues are dealt with by the appropriate party. The DCO will also liaise with the ICT department concerning the networked environment of the collections management systems and will document and maintain a knowledge and awareness of the network aspects of the Collections Cataloguing and Management System (CCMS) and Library Management System (LMS) through liaison with the Collections Systems Officer. All these systems will be based on Microsoft SQL Server. The post holder will work closely with the relevant supplier to ensure that any and all of these systems work together in an integrated manner."
Link: http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/jobs_digital_collections_imperial_war_museum_london