Imaging Services, Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG
About the Role
You will join Imaging Services within the Bodleian Libraries, which provides digital imaging services for material from the Libraries’ collections, supporting research as well as project and customer orders for the local and international community.
You will play a key role in ingesting digital content created by Imaging Services into Portfolio, its Digital Asset Management System. Working with images of rare books and manuscripts, maps and modern archival material, you will audit and assess images and their technical metadata, undertake any necessary image renaming or processing, and use digitisation workflow tools to ingest images and metadata into the repository.
This is a fixed-term post for 18 months, working part time for 21 hours per week ( 0.5753 FTE). The anticipated working pattern is across three days, with the exact hours and days to be agreed.
About You
You will be highly computer literate, with experience of common software applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Adobe Acrobat, together with the ability to learn specialist software quickly. You will have experience of entering, updating and managing data where consistent formatting and classification rules apply, and excellent attention to detail, particularly when carrying out accurate and efficient data entry.
What We Offer
- An excellent contributory pension scheme
- 38 days of annual leave
- A comprehensive range of childcare services
- Family leave schemes
- Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
Diversity
Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.
We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible. If you require the job description or any other materials in an alternative format, or if you would like to request any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk.
We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Elaine Anstee, Head of Imaging Services, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role ( elaine.anstee@bodleian.ox.ac.uk) ). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department ( recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk ).
Only applications received online by 12.00 midday BST on Tuesday 6 October 2026 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 October 2026.
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