Senior Officer, Digitisation

This is a full-time continuing position with salary in the range $88,099 - $94,512, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%.Bring your gallery, library, archive or museum digitisation experience to work with unique heritage collections at a university ranked in the world’s top 50.Achieve a work-life balance with a range of flexible work options.Work at our vibrant and conveniently locatedAbout This OpportunityWe are looking for a flexible and collaborative Senior Digitisation Officer responsible for handling, curating, cataloguing, and digitising historically significant materials. This role involves operating advanced digitisation equipment to digitise various assets such as photographic prints, film, paper-based materials, artwork, and bound items.As an integral part of the UQ Library Digitisation team, you will assess cultural and heritage collections for digitisation, create workflows, establish schedules, assign tasks, supervise staff activities, and personally conduct asset digitisation. Key responsibilities will include:Handle fragile historical assets to industry standards, including silver gelatin prints, negatives, transparencies, paper-based materials, artwork, and bound items.Assessing historical collections to determine the most appropriate digitisation method and technique including equipment selection and technical output.Applying appropriate cleaning and treatment of photographic assets prior to digitisation to ensure the highest quality archival digitisation of assets.Understanding and implementation of FADGI technical guidelines and IPTC photo metadata standards.Apply a unique identifier system including assigning IDs to physical assets and corresponding digital assets.Operate high-end professional digitisation equipment including Phase One, print and film scanners and large format scanners, including postproduction and digital asset management.Identify and implement process improvements, troubleshoot issues, and continuously develop professional and technical skills to uphold industry best practices.Demonstrate excellent teamwork by actively assisting and supporting staff, including training, supervision and shadowing.Please note this role involves manual handling tasks including moving boxes of assets and equipment as required and pushing and pulling loaded trolleys. Some tasks are repetitive in nature and may involve lifting, reaching, extended periods of standing and sitting.About YouBachelor's degree or equivalent experience in digitisation or photography, with proficiency in digitisation standards, workflows, and technologies.Experience handling and assessing heritage assets, working with various formats, including analogue photographic film, and operating high-end digitisation equipment.Manage digital assets including image curation and postproduction.Applied understanding of FADGI guidelines and IPTC metadata standards.Experience with Phase One, Capture One, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Excel formulas would be highly regarded.Demonstrated ability to work individually, and as part of a team, including self-motivation, prioritization, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and workload management skills.Support team members including training, supervising tasks, and shadowing.Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with demonstrated emotional intelligence and effectively build relationships to engage with diverse groups both internal and external to the University.You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment and may be required to complete background checks including, criminal history and education checks.About UQAs part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of are available, such as:26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave, 17% superannuation contributions, 17.5% annual leave loading.Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight.Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family.On campus childcare options, Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day), Salary packaging options.Want to Apply?All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section.ResumeFor more information about this opportunity, please contact Talitha Carter at . For application queries, please contact stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.Applications close Monday 6 May at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-37409). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for 15 May 2024.At UQ, our strength lies in our diverse colleagues. We're dedicated to , fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We're committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent. Reach out to for accessibility support or adjustments.If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.