Archivist

Caulfield Grammar School; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary packages with 13% s

Continuous professional development

State-of-the-art facilities

Health, wellbeing and balance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

BENY employee perks

ISV resources access

Hybrid work arrangements

Job summary

Caulfield Grammar School is seeking an Archivist to shape and preserve the living history of the school. You will curate the Heritage Collection, both physical and digital, and collaborate with staff, students and alumni to tell the community's story.

You will lead digitisation projects, manage archives, and promote engagement across the school while upholding the school's values and contributing to the 150-year celebration.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in archives, library studies, records management, history, museum studies, education or a related discipline.
• Experience managing archival or heritage collections, including digital archives and digitisation systems.
• Strong knowledge of records management principles, retention schedules and archival best practice, with excellent organisational and cataloguing skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively with staff, students, alumni and volunteers and a commitment to continuous improvement and professional growth.
• Hold or willing to obtain an Employment Working with Children Check.

Responsibilities

• Manage and curate the School’s Heritage Collection, including physical and digital archives
• Support school events, alumniengagement, philanthropy initiatives and teaching programs through archival resources and historical research
• Coordinate the digitisation, cataloguing and preservation of archival materials in line with best practice
• Manage electronic records, retrieval processes and archival systems in accordance with retention and compliance requirements
• Promote archive awareness and engagement across the School community through exhibitions, publications, social media and volunteer coordination
• Model and live the Caulfield Grammar School values and behaviours.

Skills

Archives management

Stakeholder engagement

Digitisation

Communication

Willing to obtain WWCC

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications in archives, library studies, records management, history, museum studies, education or a related discipline

Job description

Caulfield Grammar School is aninternationally recognised, independent, co-educational schoolcommitted toprovidingexceptional educationalopportunities from Early Learning through to Year 12. With over3700 students across5campuses and our StudentExperience Programs in Yarra Junction and Kakadu, Caulfield Grammarpassionately strives to deliver innovative specialist educationalprograms enabling quality learning every day, in every experience,for every learner, for life.

TheRole

This is a rare opportunity to shapeand preserve the living history of theschool.We'reseeking someone who embraces technology anddigital innovation, brings creativity and strong project managementskills, and can help tell the story of our community in meaningfuland engaging ways.

Success in this role requiresstrategic thinking and sound judgement; someone who canconfidentlydeterminewhat should be preserved,digitised,andcelebrated. The goalistoensure that in 50 years' time, future generations have access tothe moments, stories,achievementsand artefacts thattruly matter.

More than anarchivist,you'llbe a storyteller, working closely withstudents, staff,alumniand the wider schoolcommunity.You'llattend events, uncover hiddentreasures, curate significant memorabilia, and help bring theschool's heritage to life. With the school's 150-year celebrationson the horizon, this is an exciting opportunity to playacentral rolein capturing andshowcasinga landmarkchapter in its history.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage and curate the School’sHeritage Collection, including physical and digitalarchives
• Support school events, alumniengagement, philanthropy initiatives and teaching programsthrough archival resources and historicalresearch
• Coordinatethedigitisation, cataloguing and preservation of archivalmaterials in line with bestpractice
• Manage electronic records,retrievalprocessesand archival systemsinaccordance withretention and compliancerequirements
• Promote archive awareness andengagement across theSchoolcommunity throughexhibitions, publications, socialmediaand volunteercoordination
• Model and live the CaulfieldGrammar School values andbehaviours.

Skills and experience

• Relevant tertiary qualificationsin archives, library studies, records management, history,museum studies,educationor a relateddiscipline
• Experience managing archival orheritage collections, including digital archives anddigitisation systems
• Strong knowledge of recordsmanagement principles, retentionschedulesandarchival best practice, with excellent organisational andcataloguing skills
• Excellent communication andstakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to workeffectively with staff, students, alumni and volunteers and acommitment to continuous improvement and professionalgrowth
• Hold or willing to obtain anEmployment WorkingwithChildrenCheck.

For further information pleasesee Position Description.

Why Caulfield GrammarSchool

Our culture is defined by the fivevalues: Pursuing Excellence, Inspiring Creativity, ThrivingTogether, Embracing Diversity, and Living Wholeheartedly. Thesevalues guide the way we work together with passion and authenticitybased on our guiding principle of a Mind forLife.

For more information about pursuing acareer of excellence at Caulfield Grammar School, pleasevisitour CareersPage .

OurBenefits

• Competitive salary packages with13% superannuation
• Continuous professionaldevelopment and learningopportunities
• State-of-the-artfacilitiesand innovative resources
• A year-round focus onhealth,wellbeingandbalance
• Employee Assistance Program(EAP) for confidentialsupport
• Exclusiveemployeeperksthrough the BENY benefitsapp
• Access to ISV resources andprofessional networks
• Flexible work/life balance -Hybrid working arrangements

Caulfield Grammar School is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our School community. All employees, direct/indirect contact volunteers, third party contractors and external education providers are required to comply with our Child and Youth Safe Policy and our Child and Youth Safe Code of Conduct.

Applicants will be required to undergo background checks as per the Schools Security Vetting Policy and guidelines.

Attachments:
- Archivist .pdf