The Role

The Memorial’s Research Centre holds the written records of war, both published and unpublished. The Research Centre manages and provides access to these collections. The Digitised Collections team curates, digitises and publishes Research Centre Online Collections and supports the Memorials public programs, exhibitions and projects.

This position directly supports the Memorial’s major digitisation projects and commitment to collection digitisation. Under general direction, this position is responsible for the co-ordination of Digitisation Project program including co-ordinating digitisation workflows of Official Records and some Private Records.

The work involves coordinating, maintaining and monitoring digitisation workflows and includes image ingestion into the Memorial Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), copyright research and the arrangement, description and cataloguing of Research Centre collection material using the Memorial’s Collection Management System. This position also supports the promotion of the Digitisation Project by the production of blogs and social media posts as required.

This position may include rostered hours within the standard ordinary working hours.

Core Responsibilities

Coordinate Research Centre Digitisation Project workflows of Official Records and some Private Records.

Coordinate collections material movements between sites.

Liaise with Memorial Research Centre Curatorial areas.

Arrange, describe and catalogue Research Centre collection material on the Memorial’s Collection Management System.

Copyright research including securing permissions and/or application of exemptions for the Memorial and Digitisation Project for selected Research Centre Collections.

Rehousing, collection movement, ingestion, quality checking and data clean up as required.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Attributes

A current driver’s licence

Qualifications in library, archives or museum studies or information management or equivalent.

An appreciation of the Memorial’s corporate goals and priorities and Australian military history.

Position Eligibility

Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS).

All applicants external to AWM that are offered employment will be required to successfully undergo a National Police Check, even if they currently hold a security clearance. The check is conducted in accordance with the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework requirements.

Contact Information

For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please contact: Penny Fisher, (02) 6263 6651, [email protected]

For questions relating to the online lodgement of your application, please email the Recruitment team via [email protected]

Submitting Applications

Please note that applications can only be accepted through the Australian War Memorial jobs portal

To apply, go to Australian War Memorial – Employment Opportunities and complete the online application by 11:30pm, Sunday 22 June 2025

Notes

This recruitment process is being used to fill ongoing and/or non-ongoing position/s.

A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.

Successful applicants engaged into the APS will be subject to a probation period.

The Memorial is committed to workplace diversity and maintains an environment that values the contribution of people from different backgrounds and experiences. The Memorial welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, veterans, mature age people, people from diverse backgrounds, and people with a disability.