Work for the British Museum as an Analyst Programmer: Support to provide support for existing applications and interfaces, improve the development environment to reduce support requests, analyse requirements and develop and deliver new application software, in collaboration with colleagues inside and outside IS.
It is an exciting time to be a developer within Information Services-a new digital strategy has recently been approved and there will shortly be a new Director of the Museum. While the initial primary focus of the role will be to provide 2nd and 3rd line support for existing legacy systems, the technology landscape of the museum will be radically changing in the next 12-36 months to deliver innovative strategic aims and this role will be part of the team implementing new systems and technologies incorporating best practice from ITIL Service Transition. The aims which technology is expected to enable include an emphasis on mobile (both for staff and visitors), flexible working, data-centric decision-making requiring a consolidation of systems and data, CRM and a new website including new ways of integrating changing data and tracking visitors.
There is never a dull moment at the Museum and interactions will involve functions from across the museum. One minute you could be working on an efficiency project that will save administrative staff considerable time in managing a business process, the next moment you may be helping develop functionality which will allow mobile cataloguing of our collection, or helping build a big data platform. Feedback from staff is that this is an interesting place to work not only because of the amazing objects you pass on your way to meetings, but also because of the variety of systems and technologies in use.
The role provides a unique opportunity to gain an understanding of how one of the most important museum’s in the world operates, insights into what we hold in our collection and be part of community of people passionate about the values of the Museum and its 255-year legacy of providing free access to the history of the world. This is an excellent opportunity to leverage your career in IS with the most popular tourist attraction in the U.K.