Archivist & Digital Heritage Curator

Saintkentigern; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 60,000 - 85,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Subsidised Southern Cross healthcare

Fees discount

Access to gym

Free on-site car parking

Up to 4% KiwiSaver contribution

Staff wellbeing programme

Job summary

Saint Kentigern in Auckland seeks an Archivist Officer to manage and activate its archival collections, preserving physical and digital records, and ensuring accessibility while meeting privacy and governance requirements. The role spans digitised items, exhibitions, and community engagement across campuses.

You will curate metadata, lead digitisation projects, and provide expert advice to stakeholders, helping history come alive through online displays, exhibitions, and interpretive displays

Qualifications

• Experience in archives, library, information management, or digital collections.
• Cataloguing, metadata, and archival systems knowledge.
• Digitisation projects experience.
• Developing exhibitions or public facing historical content.
• Managing archival workflows.

Responsibilities

• Collects, appraises, catalogues, preserves, and stores records and artefacts of enduring value
• Ensures cataloguing standards, metadata standards (e.g. Dublin core) and secure access controls
• Leads digitisation
• Ensures compliance with the NZ Privacy Act 2020
• Curate exhibitions and milestone displays
• Builds digital exhibitions and online displays within known parameters
• Manages interpretive text, storytelling frameworks and exhibition design as appropriate and within the parameters of the role
• Key contact point for all Archives Management across the organisation.
• Provide expert advice and support to stakeholders where required.

Skills

Archives management

Cataloguing & metadata

Digitisation projects

Exhibitions development

Workflow management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in history, information management, library/archival studies OR Equivalent professional archival experience

Professional affiliation (ARANZ or equivalent) desirable

Job description

Saint Kentigern in Auckland seeks an Archivist Officer to manage and activate its archival collections, preserving physical and digital records, and ensuring accessibility while meeting privacy and governance requirements. The role spans digitised items, exhibitions, and community engagement across campuses.

You will curate metadata, lead digitisation projects, and provide expert advice to stakeholders, helping history come alive through online displays, exhibitions, and interpretive displays