Digital Archives Specialist: Ingest & Standards

Digital Preservation Coalition; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 92,658 - 100,498; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Collection Management Archivist (Digital) to join the Digital Archives team at Queensland State Archives. The role involves analyzing and preparing digital records, improving archival access, and establishing record management policies. This fixed-term position offers an engaging work environment within a professional archive setting.

Qualifications

• Experience with complex arrangement and description of digital and analogue records.
• Knowledge of Australian Series System and current best practices.
• Skills in creating policies for digital record management.

Responsibilities

• Undertake arrangement and description of archival records.
• Prepare born-digital records for ingest into the digital preservation system.
• Research and prepare complex reports and documents.

Skills

Archival management

Digital records management

Research

Tools

Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device (FRED)

Job description

• Vacancy for Collection Management Archivist (Digital) at Queensland State Archives

Vacancy for Collection Management Archivist (Digital) at Queensland State Archives

17 March 2023

Brisbane

$92658 - $100498

Fixed Term

We are looking for an archivist to join the Digital Archives team in this exciting andrewarding role.

You will be analysing and preparing born-digital records for ingest into the digitalarchive and undertaking complex arrangement and description activities to enhanceaccess to the Queensland State Archives collection.

In this role you will:

undertake complex arrangement and description of activities of archival recordsin all digital and analogue formats according to the Australian Series System andinstitutional standards

prepare born-digital records for ingest into the digital preservation system. Thisincludes using the Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device (FRED) to extract recordsfrom physical media

create policies and procedures for managing born-digital records including ingest,storage, preservation, arrangement and description and access and take an activerole in managing these records

contribute to the analysis of the archival management system and the digitalarchive and make recommendations for improvement

set and maintain standards in line with national and international trends and bestpractice and promote and communicate these standards internally to ensureconsistent, accurate contextual and descriptive documentation

research and prepare complex reports, presentations, correspondence anddocuments.