Digitisation Technician

4 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia AIATSIS Full time

**Digitisation Technician**
**APS Level 4**

**This is an Identified position**

**AIATSIS Application Pack **APS4 Digitisation Technician **| 1**

**Who we are**
We are Australia’s only national institution focused exclusively on the diverse history,
cultures, and heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia. We house the
world’s most important and extensive collection of cultural information and material, and
we provide leadership, publish, and promote greater understanding and appreciation of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We create opportunities for people the world
over to engage with and be transformed by the knowledge, the culture, and the story of
Australia’s Indigenous peoples. We are Australia’s national institution for leadership in
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research.

**What we do**
We care for a priceless collection, including films, photographs, video, and audio recordings
as well as the world’s largest collection of printed and other resource materials for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies. We undertake and encourage scholarly,
ethical, community-based research in a variety of sectors, including health, native title,
languages, and education. Our publishing house, Aboriginal Studies Press, regularly
publishes outstanding writing that promotes Australian Indigenous cultures.
Our activities affirm and raise awareness of the richness and diversity of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories.

Our functions are established under the _Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait _
- Islander Studies Act 1989_.
- These functions are to:
- provide access to a national collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- culture and heritage.- use that national collection to strengthen and promote knowledge and
- understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.- provide leadership in the fields of: 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research; and 
activities relating to collections associated with Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander peoples; and use (including use for research) of that national
collection and other collections containing Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander culture and heritage.
- lead and promote collaborations and partnerships among the academic,

research, non-government, business and government sectors and
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in support of the other
functions of the Institute.
- provide advice to the Commonwealth on the situation and status of Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.
We are an Australian Government statutory authority. The Minister responsible for AIATSIS is
the Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians.

**AIATSIS Application Pack **APS4 Digitisation Technician **| 2**

DIGITISATION TECHNICIAN

**Vacancy Information**

Job Reference 126_06/24

Classification APS Level 4

No. of vacancies Expected Vacancy

Salary $71,560 - $78,001

Group Collections Services

Area Preservation and Digitisation

Employment Status Ongoing

Hours Full Time/Part time

Close Date 11.30pm Wednesday 19 June 2024

Contact Person Colin MacDougall***
02 6129 3951

**AIATSIS Application Pack **APS4 Digitisation Technician **| 3**

**About the Group**
The Collections Services Group is responsible for the development, management, and
preservation of the AIATSIS Collection. The Group manages, describes, preserves, and digitises
the AIATSIS Collection.

**About the Program Area**
Preservation and Digitisation (CPD) Program sits within the Collection Services Group. The
purpose of CPD is the preservation through digitisation and production for access of material
that has been accessioned into the AIATSIS Collection. This includes audio, video, film,
photographs, printed material as well as art and objects. CPD delivers: Preservation and
digitisation; creation of digital assets from Collection Material, Digital restoration, printing,
advisory services, and technical services. CPD collaborates across AIATSIS to supply digital
material to fulfil client requests and to support projects.

**About the Role**
The Digitisation Technician works in a small team of specialist technical staff responsible for the
digitisation of the AIATSIS collection material. This important role provides the timely delivery of
collection digitisation projects to meet known technical standards and with due regard to the
content and preservation requirements of cultural heritage collection material.
This role involves use of the digitisation and preservation equipment including analog playback
systems, scanners, cameras, and software to manage the capture and mastering of Collection
items.
Key Responsibilities include:

- daily implementation of digitisation practices and workflows to ensure that efficient,

timely and high-quality collection digitisation KPI deliverables are achieved.
- utilise knowledge of digitisation technique

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