Vacancy for Collection Management Archivist (Digital) at Queensland State Archives

Vacancy for Collection Management Archivist (Digital) at Queensland State Archives 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.