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Working from home arrangements may be requested by the successful candidate and will be considered based on AWM policies.
Learn how a merit list or pool may be used
Learn how a merit list or pool may be used
Applicants suitable for the role but not offered the position for the current vacancy, may be placed in a merit list or pool. If the applicant agrees, the results may be shared with other Australian Public Service (APS) agencies for filling similar roles. Applicants may be offered a future role, without the need to reapply. A merit list or pool may be used for up to 18 months.
This merit list or pool may be used to fill other vacancies in Campbell
For more information about Merit Lists or Merit Pools please go to APSC's website - The APS Merit Principle
Assistant Curator, Digitised Collections
Campbell ACT
The Memorial’s Research Centre holds the written records of war, both published and unpublished. The Research Centre manages and provides access to these collections. The Digitised Collections team curates, digitises and publishes Research Centre Online Collections and supports the Memorials public programs, exhibitions and projects.
This position directly supports the Memorial’s major digitisation projects and commitment to collection digitisation. Under general direction, this position is responsible for the co-ordination of Digitisation Project program including co-ordinating digitisation workflows of Official Records and some Private Records.
The work involves coordinating, maintaining and monitoring digitisation workflows and includes image ingestion into the Memorial Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), copyright research and the arrangement, description and cataloguing of Research Centre collection material using the Memorial’s Collection Management System. This position also supports the promotion of the Digitisation Project by the production of blogs and social media posts as required.
This position may included rostered hours within the standard ordinary working hours.
The key duties of the position include:
* Coordinate Research Centre Digitisation Project workflows of Official Records and some Private Records.
* Coordinate collections material movements between sites.
* Liaise with Memorial Research Centre Curatorial areas.
* Arrange, describe and catalogue Research Centre collection material on the Memorial’s Collection Management System.
* Copyright research including securing permissions and/or application of exemptions for the Memorial and Digitisation Project for selected Research Centre Collections.
* Rehousing, collection movement, ingestion, quality checking and data clean up as required.
* Coordinate Research Centre Digitisation Project workflows of Official Records and some Private Records.
* Coordinate collections material movements between sites.
* Liaise with Memorial Research Centre Curatorial areas.
* Arrange, describe and catalogue Research Centre collection material on the Memorial’s Collection Management System.
* Copyright research including securing permissions and/or application of exemptions for the Memorial and Digitisation Project for selected Research Centre Collections.
* Rehousing, collection movement, ingestion, quality checking and data clean up as required.
Desirable Qualifications, Skills and Attributes
* A current driver’s licence
* Qualifications in library, archives or museum studies or information management or equivalent.
* An appreciation of the Memorial’s corporate goals and priorities and Australian military history.
* Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS).
* All applicants external to AWM that are offered employment will be required to successfully undergo a National Police Check, even if they currently hold a security clearance. The check is conducted in accordance with the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework requirements.
Notes
This recruitment process is being used to fill ongoing and/or non-ongoing position/s. For more information about the role, please see the Job Information Pack.
A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.
Successful applicants engaged into the APS will be subject to a probation period.
The Memorial is committed to workplace diversity and maintains an environment that values the contribution of people from different backgrounds and experiences. The Memorial welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, veterans, mature age people, people from diverse backgrounds, and people with a disability.
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information visit:
Getting to know the Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a world-class museum, and an extensive archive. The Memorial's purpose is to commemorate the sacrifice of those Australians who have died in war or on operational service and those who have served our nation in times of conflict. Its mission is leading remembrance and understanding of Australia’s wartime experience.
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