Photographic Archives jobs

This post is one of a team of three documentation officers who support the users of the Collections Management System by providing the first line of contact on the CMS Helpdesk and DAMS Enquiries. The postholder will support terminology work, which includes dealing with data cleaning and terminology control. The postholder will maintain tools to support these tasks and will produce regular reports for senior management as required and support other collections accountability activities including audits. The postholder will be based at South Kensington but will be expected to work at other V&A sites as required.

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience. We strive to make the V&A matter to more people and in that context we work to the following six strategic objectives:

• To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all V&A sites and collections.
• Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
• Expand the V&A's international reach, reputation and impact.
• To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
• Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
• Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.