Senior Archivist & Heritage Archive Lead (Hybrid)

Sydney Water; Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 134,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Remuneration

Hybrid Work Environment

Continuous Professional Growth

24/7 Wellbeing Support

Discounted Private Health Insurance

Family First: Up to 18 weeks paid Par

Fitness Passport

Novated Leasing

Job summary

Sydney Water in New South Wales seeks a Senior Archivist to lead the administration, conservation and sentencing of its historical archive collection dating back to 1888, working with the Natural Assets & Heritage and Records Management teams.

In this hybrid role, you will develop collection management procedures, apply retention policies, digitise and transfer holdings, and oversee external contractors while supporting internal heritage, education and communications teams.

Qualifications

• Qualifications in archives, records management or information studies; ASA membership preferred.
• Experience handling archive collections across media and formats.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain collection management procedures for archives and moveable heritage.
• Apply retention/disposal authorities and collection development policy.
• Apply metadata to materials in the collection.
• Facilitate transfer of holdings to the State Archives Collection/NSW Govt Records Repository; digitisation and transfer.
• Oversee external contractors for sentencing, conservation, digitisation, packaging and transfer.
• Support internal staff, external customers and GIPA enquiries for the archives collection.
• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Archive description

Digitisation

Communication skills

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Degree in archives/records management

Job description

Sydney Water in New South Wales seeks a Senior Archivist to lead the administration, conservation and sentencing of its historical archive collection dating back to 1888, working with the Natural Assets & Heritage and Records Management teams.

In this hybrid role, you will develop collection management procedures, apply retention policies, digitise and transfer holdings, and oversee external contractors while supporting internal heritage, education and communications teams.