Head of Archives & Collections – Strategic Archival Leader

PPL Dynamics; Doha; On-site; QAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PPL Dynamics in Qatar seeks an experienced Records/Archival Manager to lead governance and preservation of hardcopy and digital archives within a governmental context. You will oversee identification, appraisal, arrangement, storage, and retrieval of inactive records, manage the archival warehouse facility, and steer strategic archival projects within budget and timelines.

Strong writing, stakeholder collaboration, and knowledge of privacy issues are essential; Arabic is an advantage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Information Technology, Archiving, Library Science, or related field; Master's preferred.
• 6–8 years of full-time work experience, with at least 2 years in a supervisory role.
• Expert understanding of archival principles – provenance and original order; metadata and descriptive standards.
• Expert knowledge of arrangement, description, preservation, and research & reference services.
• Knowledge of archival standards of records and archive management, appraisal, arrangement, and description.
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative, and project management skills.
• Understanding of legal, ethical, and privacy issues related to archival materials, e.g., copyright, donor agreements, GDPR.
• Experience managing a hardcopy archival program and repository; MS Office proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Identify records of archival value and manage hardcopy records in the warehouse.
• Supervise sentencing of inactive materials to appraise for value and identify temporary and archival records.
• Identify, acquire, appraise, arrange, describe, store, preserve, and access inactive records.
• Manage the archival warehouse storage facility, including transfers, access, and retrieval of archives.
• Oversee destruction of sentenced records.
• Develop strategic plans for physical archives, including budgetary constraints and timelines for archival projects.
• Perform other reasonable tasks as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Archival principles

Record management

Project management

Written communication

Arabic language (advantage)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Management / Archiving

Master's degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

PPL Dynamics in Qatar seeks an experienced Records/Archival Manager to lead governance and preservation of hardcopy and digital archives within a governmental context. You will oversee identification, appraisal, arrangement, storage, and retrieval of inactive records, manage the archival warehouse facility, and steer strategic archival projects within budget and timelines.

Strong writing, stakeholder collaboration, and knowledge of privacy issues are essential; Arabic is an advantage.