Digital Curation Specialist

• Full time, continuing
• Provide specialist advice and expertise, including technical understanding, on the long-term management and curation of digital collections, including research data
• Base Salary $97K + 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

Provide specialist advice and expertise, including technical understanding, on the long-term management and curation of digital collections, including research data, and develop guidelines, procedures and training to ensure digital content created or curated by the Library is managed, described and formatted in ways that provides long term meaningful access for future researchers, students and scholars.

About you

• previous work experience on digital collections, digitisation projects and/or digital preservation
• expertise and understanding of library, archival, or preservation repository systems, services and requirements, including metadata, standards, workflows, resource description, rights and permission
• approaches work as a strong collaborator with great initiative as a project manager and good attention to detail
• supports the ongoing development of high-quality client-focused digital curation services
• provides specialist technical advice on digital preservation to the University community
• actively contributes to team and Library culture and values.

Closing date for applications

11.59 pm, Wednesday, 6 October 2021

Sponsorship / work rights forAustralia

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For a continuing position, you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.

Australian Temporary Residents currently employed at the University of Sydney may be considered for a fixed term contract for the length of their visa, depending on the requirements of the hiring area and the position.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

EEO statement

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

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