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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Lead Curator, North America: Eccles Institute for the Americas & Oceania at the British Library - British Association for American Studies

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Lead Curator, North America: Eccles Institute for the Americas & Oceania at the British LibraryLead Curator, North America: Eccles Institute for the Americas & Oceania at the British Library

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The deadline for applications has now been extended to 28 July 2024. Please see below for details. 

The Eccles Institute Lead Curator for North American Collections will lead the team responsible for developing, managing, and promoting the Library’s printed and digital North American collections. They will also work on associated research development and engagement activities.

Involving collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, the role requires excellent relationship management skills. The successful candidate will have effective problem solving skills, a capacity to innovate and support change, and the ability to communicate successfully with different audiences.

As one of the world’s great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation’s intellectual memory for the future and make it available to all for research, inspiration and enjoyment. At present, we have well over 170 million items, in most known languages, with three million new items added every year. We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We make our collections and programmes available to all. We operate the world’s largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world. What matters to us is that we preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future by anyone, anywhere.

In return, we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits.  Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes a minimum of 28.97% (this may be higher dependant on grade. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays.

Closing date: 28 July 2024

We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role, as it does not meet the eligibility criteria required for this immigration route.