Details:
Location:
SE10 9NFCategory:
Collections CareFront of house/visitor services
Librarian
Digital
Salary:
£48,205Contract type:
Contract PermanentHours:
Full timeTelephone:
+442083128565Senior Manager, Archive and Library
About us
Royal Museums Greenwich is a collection of diverse historical sites. The sites are the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House. Each of these sites has a unique identity and a common purpose to serve our communities, through sharing our collections and expertise. We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts our people at the core of its success.
The role
Working within the Collections Services team, the Senior Manager, Archive and Library will oversee the management and development of the Library and Archive collections at Royal Museums Greenwich, which was re-awarded accredited archive service status in 2025. These hold over 2 million archives, charts, maps, manuscripts, and a library collection of 100,000 modern printed and rare books, journals and electronic resources, illustrating the history of exploration, empire, navigation and maritime endeavour. The postholder will work to actively increase access to this collection through both traditional and innovative new approaches.
Key responsibilities include managing and delivering the day-to-day operations of the Reading Room, including front-of-house rotas, remote enquiry services, and document retrieval. The Senior Manager, Archive and Library will line manage a team of librarians, archivists, library assistants and archive assistants, identifying strategic opportunities for sustainable, resilient and efficient delivery of services. Further elements of the role involve overseeing the library management system and online ordering system as part of the wider digital strategy at Royal Museums Greenwich, and being responsible for budget management within the Library and Archive.
The successful applicant will need a professional qualification in archive administration, librarianship, or equivalent. Experience in a public research and learning library, archive, or similar working environment, including front line service provision, is essential, as is experience of managing a team of staff, displaying empathetic leadership and an ability to lead through periods of organisational change. The postholder will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, and have a well organised, methodical approach with the ability to share knowledge with others.
This is a full time, permanent role in Band 3 - Senior Management. Core hours of work will be 36 per week, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, with an additional hour to be worked as agreed upon with management, although due to the nature of the role, some flexibility may be required.
Salary: £48,205 per annum
Please be aware that unfortunately, we are currently unable to sponsor visas.
Interviews are pencilled in for Wednesday 1st October.
Benefits
We offer a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, a generous pension scheme plus life cover, 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days after 1 year) plus bank holidays, 40% discount in our cafés and 30% discount in our shops, a range of interest-free loans including: season/travel tickets, bike and bike equipment, Gym or Leisure membership plus individual learning; training opportunities and continuous performance management reviews to support personal and career development, NMDC reciprocal agreement for free admissions to other museums and galleries’ paid exhibitions, and an environment with flexible working options.
EDI
Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirit of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone.
We actively work with Disability Confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments you need or things you would like us to know during the interview process, which may include being provided the interview questions in advance, requiring a step free interview space, that you are eye-contact avoidant, or having the interview questions in a written format or additional time in timed tests, interviews or other assessment activities.