Job profile

Salary: £42,480 - £49,965 per annum 

The British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive is looking for a skilled Researcher to join its Collections Operations team at the Conservation Centre in Berkhamsted.

In this role, you will undertake in-depth and targeted research and analysis to strengthen our response and throughput across multiple Archive Access channels. Your work will directly support income generation as well as audience reach and engagement through commercial, educational, and cultural reuse of collections. This position will be able to contribute to a range of Knowledge, Learning and Collections led initiatives which will advance the BFI’s 2033 Screen Heritage Strategy to become the “world’s most open archive”.   

Key Responsibilities: 

• Collaborate with the Operations and Archive Access teams to conduct proactive research, evaluate incoming proposals, and deliver targeted results, support, and analysis as required. 

• Execute tasks that align with our EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) priorities and commitment to the work to decolonise collections. 

• Assist in the review and implementation of customer relationship management tools, as well as evaluate sales, audience engagement, and performance metrics. 

We are looking for candidates who have: 

• Knowledge in film, cinema history, and/or cultural studies within the library information and archival domain, with demonstrable proficiency equivalent to a degree level.   

• Significant prior experience utilising Information or Science Information Management skillsets in a professional context.   

• Knowledge of database structures and the software used for cataloguing and indexing both analogue and digital collections. 

• Understanding of minimum (film and tv) cataloguing and metadata standards and schema for describing assets and facilitating their discovery and retrieval  

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description. 

About the BFI  

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow. 

At the BFI you’ll enjoy benefits such as excellent support for working parents, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and additional paid time off at Christmas), tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.  

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.  

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be obtained by visiting www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/job-opportunities. 

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Monday, 21st October 2024 

First interviews will be held on Wednesday 6th November, 2024  

Second interviews will be held in the week commencing 11th November, 2024