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Officer: Archivist; post level 11): Library and Information Services Jobs in Bloemfontein, South Africa at UFS, Bloemfontein
Position: Officer: Archivist (post level 11): Library and Information Services (Job ID: 6527)
Duties and responsibilities:
• Contribute to facilitating teaching, learning and research.
• Implement the University’s Digital Preservation Strategy in alignment with institutional research and information management priorities.
• Ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of these materials for future generations.
• The archives are a vital resource for postgraduate research, historical inquiry, and interdisciplinary scholarship.
• Implement the integration of digital archives into teaching, learning, and research activities in support of academic excellence.
• Apply the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all digital archiving and training activities.
• Execute the arrangement, description, and appraisal of digital and analogue records in line with archival standards (ISAD(G), ISAAR(CPF)).
• Design and deliver training modules and workshops on records management, digitisation, metadata, and archival standards.
• Collaborate with faculties to integrate archival and digital heritage resources training into curricula and research projects.
Inherent
Job Requirements:
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• Bachelor’s degree or
B.Tech degree on NQF Level 7 related to Archival Studies.
• A minimum of two (2) years’ relevant working experience working with archival materials or in a Digital Archive.
• Honours degree/Postgraduate Diploma on NQF Level 8 in a Digital Archive field (attach a copy).
• A minimum of three (3) years’ relevant working experience within a Digital Archive environment.
• Knowledge of Archival systems and Descriptions.
• Knowledge of Provenance Principle.
• Experience with in the higher education environment.
• Knowledge of university systems, policies, and procedures.
• Member of a or registration at a professional body (attach a copy).
Title: Officer: Archivist; post level 11): Library and Information Services
Company: UFS, Bloemfontein
Location: Bloemfontein, South Africa
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