ABOUT MUSEUM VICTORIA:
Museum Victoria cares for the State scientific and cultural collections, providing visitor access, activities and events at five distinct venues: Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum, Scienceworks, IMAX Cinema and world heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building.
To learn more about Museum Victoria, please visit http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/
Museum Victoria is seeking to attract an experienced and highly talented Archivist to assist with management of the Museum Victoria Archives in line with the Victorian information management legislative and regulatory framework. The Archives is the authorised storage facility for records of Museum Victoria and our predecessor institutions identified as having long-term or permanent value to Museum Victoria and the wider Victorian community.
ABOUT THE POSITION:
This position involves managing the Museum Victoria Archives for the purposes of collecting, accessioning, preserving, conserving and restoring when necessary; permanent records pertaining to the Core and Administrative Functions of Museum Victoria and our predecessor institutions. The position is accountable for developing, maintaining and implementing procedures to support the Museum Victoria Archives policy and the work of the Information Services department.
Position details
- Show off your skills! Prepare archival arrangement and description in accordance with Australian best practices principles and standards.
- Seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Archivist to develop finding aids for workers and members of the public to assist in viewing records in the archives.
- Based at Museum Victoria’s award winning venue, Melbourne Museum, and close to public transport.
Notable skills and experiences:
- Experience in managing an archives service, including undertaking appraisal and disposal decisions; developing procedures and finding aids.
- Sound and current knowledge of information management theory and principles, including the records continuum; respect for provenance and original order; appraisal theories; series system and accession system of arrangement and control.
- Demonstrated experience in the administration and use of systems to manage archives.
- The Archivist must be able to work with all staff of the museum and actively develop relationships with key internal partners as well as external stakeholders such as Public Record Office Victoria and public researchers.
HOW TO APPLY?
To view the position description, search ‘employment’ at www.museumvictoria.com.au; for more information about this position, please contact Belinda Borg on (03) 8341 7230.
