Digital Archivist

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: State Library of Victoria

**Salary**: $82,101 - $88,336

Occupation: Information Management

Reference: VG/SLV/COLL/1671867

At State Library Victoria, we believe that access to information and stories builds knowledge, strengthens community and inspires our future. Our recent redevelopment transformed our services and spaces, enhancing our role as a driver of Victoria’s education, innovation, tourism and creative industries. As the world enters a time of unprecedented change, this capacity to transform and adapt has never been more important as we support the community to navigate a fundamentally changed, post-COVID-19 world.

Our vision is of a library for all in a changing world.
- **Work with unique born digital collections at a leading cultural institution**:

- **Ongoing full-time role**:

- **Attractive VPS 3 salary between $82,101 - $88,336 + 10.5% superannuation**

**About the opportunity**

The Digital Archivist is accountable for the following measurable outcomes:

- Ingest of digital collection material, enabling collection preservation
- Creation, enhancement and maintenance of collection metadata, supporting collection preservation and discoverability
- Supporting the implementation of the Library's Digital Preservation Framework and relevant policies, tools, workflows and processes
- Supporting the creation of standard operating procedures to ensure the long-term safekeeping of digital assets through the delivery of innovative solutions

**About you**
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, e.g. information management, records management, information systems or database management (required).
- Experience developing documentation and delivering training for processes and procedures.
- Knowledge of archival practice, including the description and arrangement of collections.
- An understanding of copyright, donor restrictions, privacy and permissions issues related to processing born-digital original materials (desirable).
- State Library Victoria is a child-safe organisation. A valid Working with Children Check will be required before commencing.

State Library Victoria promotes a workplace that actively seeks to welcome and value the unique contributions of all people. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from cultural and linguistical diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ and people of all ages and abilities to apply.

**Culture and benefits**

We are committed to developing and supporting a high performing workforce and an inclusive work environment. We offer attractive rewards and benefits to employees, including:

- Competitive salary and 10.5% superannuation
- Career advancement opportunities across a range of disciplines including information management, conservation, preservation, digitisation, curatorship, philanthropy, communications, information technology, strategy, policy, governance, finance and procurement, human resources and more
- Transparent performance framework that allows you to approach your work with confidence in how you are tracking, working to professional development plans agreed on by you and your manager
- Professional development opportunities including assignment and secondment opportunities, internal and external learning opportunities and Victorian Public Sector employee networks (e.g. diversity & inclusion groups, new ways of working group, etc)
- Generous leave entitlements including 20 days of annual leave, 18 days of paid personal leave, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, purchased leave, study leave, multicultural leave, family violence leave and more
- Flexible working arrangements including changes in hours of work, patterns of work and work area
- Salary packaging including salary sacrifice arrangements
- Discount on public transport
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs including discount on private health insurance, employee assistance program and annual flu vaccination

Find out more about our inclusion, diversity and access initiatives.

**About us**

State Library Victoria is overseen by Creative Victoria, part of the Victorian Government's Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, and reports to the Minister for Creative Industries.

It is Australia's oldest public library. Over more than 160 years, we have collected almost 5.5 million items including books, manuscripts, serials, photographs, artworks, maps and ephemera. Each year we add more than 70,000 heritage items to the Library's rich collection.

We strengthen communities and inspire participation with a full calendar of free exhibitions, events, talks, workshops and children's programming every season.

Our staff are passionate, motivated, professional, welcoming and proud to work in one of Melbourne's most prized architectural jewels and best-loved cultural icons. We treasure our rich heritage and collection, and are excited by the Library's future as a