Vacancy for Project Archivist (Hong Kong Project) at University of Bristol

Digital Preservation Coalition; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Project Archivist for the Hong Kong Project at the University of Bristol. The role involves professional archival responsibilities including cataloguing, preservation, and managing collections related to Hong Kong's history. Successful candidates will ensure high standards are maintained and collaborate closely with various teams to support research and public engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience with complex mixed media archives.
• Knowledge of archival standards and ethics.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage collections including acquisition, preservation, and cataloguing.
• Oversee digitisation workflow and liaise with rights holders.
• Establish access protocols for the Hong Kong Historical Archives.

Skills

Collections management

Archival responsibilities

Cataloguing

Digital preservation

Compliance with information legislation

Education

Degree in Archival Science or related field

Job description

• Vacancy for Project Archivist (Hong Kong Project) at University of Bristol

Vacancy for Project Archivist (Hong Kong Project) at University of Bristol

28 January 2024

Bristol, England

Full-Time

The role

The role-holder will support the work of the Hong Kong History Centre and undertake a full range of professional archival responsibilities relating to the development and care of the Hong Kong Historical Archives. You will have a particular focus on the creation of detailed catalogues for complex mixed media archives relating to the history of Hong Kong, some of which may be written in Chinese.

You will work closely with another Project Archivist, the Digitisation Officer and Digital Archive Assistant to enable digital preservation of the born digital and digitised archives. Providing support to the wider team to ensure the archives can be made available for research, education and wider engagement activities.

You will be based in Special Collections (Library Services) and will work closely with the Special Collections team as well as the Hong Kong History Centre, which is a research centre encouraging and facilitating the study of the history of Hong Kong and its peoples, and outreach, engagement and international exchange and collaboration in the field.

What will you be doing?

You will undertake a full range of collections management activities, including acquisition, appraisal, preservation, cataloguing and identification of material for digitisation and digital preservation

Ensuring professional standards and ethics are complied with throughout all processes, including complying with information legislation and taking account of issues around sensitive material

Line management of the Hong Kong Project Digitisation Officer and manage the digitisation workflow (working closely with digital archives colleagues), also liaise with rights holders and carry out due diligence for orphan works

In liaison with the Hong Kong History Centre, you will establish protocols for management of and access to the Hong Kong Historical Archives and support research and public engagement activities