Film Conservator - Film Operations x3

Salary: £29,748 - 31,557

The BFI’s National Film Archive in Berkhamsted is looking for three new Film Conservators- Film Operations.

The Film Conservators will work on Inspection, preparation, repair, documentation in Axiell Collections, and reference digitisation of identified film collections materials.  They will work with Senior Conservators in Film Operations on selected projects to develop skills and knowledge, and will Maintain high conservation standards of film handling, utilising available technology where possible to improve the accuracy and efficiency of inspection on return of film materials.

Role details

• Full-time
• Permanent
• For full details and to apply, please visit the BFI’s job portal

Role responsibilities

• Carry out film handling, inspection, condition checking, preparation and repair, documentation, and reference scanning activities to specified quality standards; check and document the results including direct entry of information to the Axiell Collections database.  
• Assign and amend collections Item Object status, consulting Senior Film Conservators, Curatorial and/or Collections Development colleagues where necessary.  
• Produce thorough and consistent conservation documentation to agreed standards, recording the relevant Film Operations activities.  
• Use Axiell Collections and Axiell Move systems to update relationships between Item, Carrier, Container and Location records. Edit these records to ensure that collections items are appropriately barcoded and that their locations are tracked at all times.  

Person specifications

• Experience with developing first rate film handling, working with film collection materials of all gauges. Experience might have been gained within a film archive, laboratory, post-production facility or similar organisation.  
• Experience of identifying and carrying out conservation treatments to a wide range of historical film formats.  
• Film handling skills sufficient to safely examine, repair and identify new and heritage film master copies on analogue equipment.  
• Knowledge of archival and film production practices and techniques.     
• Must have a strong understanding of the relationship between film elements and their physical characteristics. 
• Experienced in conveying detailed technical insights through documentation, in a collections database and/or condition reports.

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description.

How to apply

For full details and to apply, please visit the BFI’s job portal

The closing date for this position is 17/02/2025 at 23:59