Job Description

Job profile

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The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001796

Date posted

24/09/2025

Apply by

08/10/2025

Salary

28,142

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Libraries / Museums / Archives

Digitisation Officer

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Job description

Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

The library Service is looking for a motivated person to join their team at Aberdare as a Digitisation Officer.



The post holder will be required to assist the Information Services Librarian with delivery and development of the library services digital strategy. With a practical understanding of digitisation in the library and Heritage sectors, an ability to build digital literacy internally and a collaborative approach to working, the post holder will help raise the profile of the library services collections by providing online and display based access to the services digital imagery, documentation and film. They will oversee the continued digitisation of all items identified for digitisation and assist in providing the widest access possible to the resources.



The ability to show previous experience of scanning various formats of archived material is preferable.



On occasion the post holder may be required to provide general library support at any or all library locations.



Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.





In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.