Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: $128,635 - $140,849
Grade: VPS 5.2
Occupation: IT and telecommunications
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/SLV/DIG/1944822
About the Opportunity
The Senior Digital Preservation Specialist supports the creation of policies, and an overarching framework, for digital preservation at State Library Victoria. The role will support the creation, operationalising, and monitoring of digital preservation standard operating procedures.
The Specialist will have sound knowledge of contemporary digital preservation practices and applies that knowledge to the creation of a digital preservation framework, ensuring robust, scalable, and stable mechanisms are developed to enable the long-term safekeeping of digital collections.
About You
We value your familiarity with preservation metadata implementation strategies (PREMIS), open archival information systems (OAIS) and open-source software tools such as DROID. You also have the capacity to balance structure and attention to detail with the ability and willingness to adapt methods of delivery. Importantly, you are able to navigate complex issues that require a nuanced approach, and can bring stakeholders along through engagement and influence.
In addition, you will come to us with:
About the Library
State Library Victoria is Australia's oldest public library, and one of the first free public libraries in the world.
We believe in the power of knowledge to change lives. Free to access and open to all, the Library enriches the cultural, educational, social and economic lives of all Victorians.
State Library Victoria preserves and shares the stories of Victoria and the world, and is a major destination for stimulating cultural experiences, contemporary debates, and community-driven collecting. We encourage learning, exploration, imagination, and creativity, opening up possibilities for all Victorians.
State Library Victoria is a child-safe organisation. A valid Working with Children Check will be required before commencing.
State Library Victoria promotes a workplace that actively seeks to welcome and value the unique contributions of all people. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from cultural and linguistical diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+, D/deaf, disabled, neurodiverse people and people of all ages and abilities to apply.
How to apply
Please click the Apply button to submit your application via Careers.Vic.
The following documents should be attached to your application:
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Enquiries
To arrange a confidential discussion about the opportunity, please contact Wes Tanny, Head of Technology via [email protected].
For assistance with the application process please contact us at [email protected].
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Reasonable Adjustments
We want all applicants to have an equal opportunity to demonstrate that they are the best person for the job. If you require an adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, or the provision of a particular access service, please contact our People team on [email protected].
Advertising closes on Tuesday 29 September, 2026 at 11.59pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.
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