Lead Digitisation and Digital Preservation

Overview

Join a collegial, values-driven Library committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Māori and Pacific Strategic Frameworks, and to sustainable and equitable practice. Your mahi will safeguard unique collections and improve access for researchers, iwi, and communities.

The role / Te mahi

Take the lead in shaping how the library captures, preserves, and shares its digital cultural and research taoka for generations to come. As Lead, Digitisation & Digital Preservation, you’ll manage the full digital lifecycle from capture to long-term preservation.

You’ll shape policy, standards, and workflows, collaborating across the Library and University to ensure our local digital collections are high-quality, customer-centred, sustainable, accessible, and future-ready.

You will also

• Lead strategy and projects that enhance digital access and preservation
• Oversee preparation, metadata quality, and ingestion into preservation systems
• Provide leadership for the Senior Imaging Technician and the Library Digital Capture Unit
• Partner with curators (Māori, Archives, Publications, Art & Photography) on preservation programmes
• Create and maintain fit-for-purpose policies, standards, and workflows
• Apply mātauraka Māori and kaitiakitaka to digitisation, preservation, and access
• Experience managing digital collections in GLAMMIR / academic contexts and hands-on experience with preservation systems and metadata standards
• Strong technical knowledge of file formats, archival data, storage / backup, and troubleshooting
• Proven leadership and project management capability
• Clear communication, documentation, and advocacy abilities across diverse stakeholders
• Understanding of mātauraka Māori in cultural heritage; knowledge of te reo and tikaka Māori would be an advantage
• Postgraduate qualification in Library / Information / Heritage fields is preferred

This is a full-time (37.5 hours) permanent position located in Ōtepoti, Dunedin.

The appointment range for this role is Level 7 $80,749 to $85,649. Top of Range $100,776.

You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this position.

Application / Tono

To submit your application (including CV and cover letter) please click the apply button. Applications quoting , will close on Sunday, 12 October 2025.

Applications may be considered as they are received. The University reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time.

Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. E tautoko ana Te Whare Wananga o Otago i te kaupapa whakaorite whiwhinga mahi.

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