The University of Huddersfield
Cataloguing Officer (Music Collections)
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Computing & Library Services
£32,363 - £39,132 per annum
Fixed term for 11 months
37 hours per week
Heritage Quay has an exciting opportunity for a Cataloguing Officer (Music Collections) to join the team at our multi-award-winning archive service. The archive service has recently acquired a series of internationally significant music collections and is seeking a cataloguer to help us make them available to researchers.
The successful candidate will work with the team at Heritage Quay to ensure that the collections are catalogued and managed to the highest professional standards, and to enable teaching, research and wider public engagement with these collections both now and in the future. This will include the recruitment and supervision of student placements and volunteers.
Responsibilities
- Play a pivotal role in the appraisal, description, arrangement, cataloguing, conservation and preservation of selected music archives, including Victor Schonfield, Ralph Walter Wood, David Hellewell and Eleanor Alberga.
- Ensure the collections are catalogued and managed to the highest professional standards.
- Recruit and supervise student placements and volunteers.
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Requirements
- Experience of working in an Archives, Library, Records Management or Museum Service undertaking arrangement and cataloguing, appraisal and digital preservation work.
- Knowledge of mixed media and modern music collections.
- Working towards or holds a degree/post graduate qualification in archives; records management; information management or has equivalent experience.
- Awareness of legislation including copyright and data protection as applicable to archives.
- Knowledge of digital archives and digital preservation to recognised standards.
- Experience of answering enquiries and liaising with stakeholders.
Benefits
- Hybrid working, blending a mix of remote and on-campus working (dependent on work duties).
About Us
The University is deeply committed to equality and diversity for all its students and staff. We seek to be diverse and inclusive, supporting individuals and groups to fulfil their potential and nurture a sense of belonging. We strive to be an accessible, inclusive employer, removing barriers for all. Find out more about our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, including our commitments and accreditations as a Disability Confident Leader, Stonewall Top 100 Employer, Athena Swan Silver Award holder and Race Equality Charter Bronze Award holder.
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Contact
Informal enquiries are welcome to Eleanor Mckenzie at e.mckenzie@hud.ac.uk or David Smith at d.smith@hud.ac.uk. Please send any enquiries to both email addresses.
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Closing date: 14 September 2026.
Interview date: 01 October 2026.
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