Content Specialist Archivist

  • Contract
  • London

The British Library


  • Job Title: Content Specialist Archivist
  • Salary: £30k-£40k
  • Hours:
    Full time
  • Artform: Libraries
  • Role: Curation
  • Contract: Temporary
  • Closing date: Mon, 06 Apr 2026
  • Contact name: BL Recruitment
  • Contact email: [email protected]

  • Location:

    London

Job Summary

The British Library leads and collaborates in growing the world’s knowledge base. We are engaged in a major partnership with the Qatar Foundation and the Qatar National Library to digitise and make available material relating to the history of the Gulf and Arabic scientific manuscripts.

Job Description

We are a multi-disciplinary programme that includes retrieval, conservation, content specialists, curators and cataloguers, translation, rights clearance, imaging, and workflow staff.

The partnership is currently in its fourth phase. We will be delivering an additional 675,000 searchable and contextualised digital images, made freely available via the dedicated portal at www.qdl.qa and selected from the library’s archive collections, including the India Office Records and Private Papers, Sound, Maps and Arabic Manuscript collections.

This is a full-time, fixed-term contract post until the 31 October 2026, with the potential to be extended to late December 2026. Due to the nature of the role responsibilities, a large proportion of your time will be spent working on-site at St Pancras.

Job Requirements

You will have a postgraduate archive qualification or equivalent experience, substantial knowledge and experience of archival cataloguing and relevant standards, palaeography skills, the ability to work with accuracy and attention to detail, the ability to work to deadlines, teamwork and strong communication and IT skills.

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