17 March 2023
Brisbane
$92658 - $100498
Fixed Term
We are looking for an archivist to join the Digital Archives team in this exciting and rewarding role.
You will be analysing and preparing born-digital records for ingest into the digital archive and undertaking complex arrangement and description activities to enhance access to the Queensland State Archives collection.
In this role you will:
- Undertake complex arrangement and description of activities of archival records in all digital and analogue formats according to the Australian Series System and institutional standards.
- Prepare born-digital records for ingest into the digital preservation system. This includes using the Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device (FRED) to extract records from physical media.
- Create policies and procedures for managing born-digital records including ingest, storage, preservation, arrangement and description and access and take an active role in managing these records.
- Contribute to the analysis of the archival management system and the digital archive and make recommendations for improvement.
- Set and maintain standards in line with national and international trends and best practice and promote and communicate these standards internally to ensure consistent, accurate contextual and descriptive documentation.
- Research and prepare complex reports, presentations, correspondence and documents.