Head of DiSSCo UK

Salary: £58,589 Per Annum.

Band: UKRI Band F.

Hours: Full time or Part time (minimum 0.8 FTE).

Contract Type: 3 years Fixed Term.

Location: Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire.

Closing Date: Sunday 28 June 2026.

About the Role

The Distributed System of Scientific Collections UK (DiSSCo UK) is a £155.6 million investment for a national infrastructure programme to digitise 37 million natural science specimens. To deliver this exciting new programme, AHRC, alongside their delivery partner the Natural History Museum (NHM), are developing a DiSSCo UK delivery team to manage the programme on a day-to-day basis. This new team will be based at Swindon (with strong links to London).

As this role will involve interaction with grant holders and stakeholders, as well as att...