Digitising Technical Officer
About this role
Digitising Technical Officer
Join us at the Australian Museum and help us to achieve our Mission to ignite wonder, inspire debate and drive change.
About the Project
The Collection Enhancement Project (CEP) is the Australian Museum’s digitisation program, aiming to standardise and streamline digitisation activities across the Museum. The CEP is managed within two streams – Natural Science collections and Cultural collections – based on the specialised requirements and expertise needed to digitise such varied collection material. The focus within the Natural Science collections is to digitally register specimens to address legacy data issues, capture high resolution images, and barcode the specimens along with the relevant storage facilities. The aim of Natural Sciences CEP is to improve collection management, audit capabilities, and accessibility of the collections. The CEP is now in its final stage, with the focus on delivering the remaining completion targets consistently and to a high standard.
About the Role
We are seeking a Digitising Technical Officer to provide technical support to the final stage of the Museum’s Collection Enhancement Project within the Australian Museum Research Institute (AMRI) Natural Science collections, particularly the Entomology, Malacology and Marine Invertebrates collections. Working within established CEP workflows, standards and procedures, you will work closely with collection staff, the CEP team and the Collection Systems and DigiVol teams to deliver agreed digitisation completion targets with consistent quality and output. The Digitising Technical Officer will handle and prepare fragile specimens and specimens stored in ethanol or formalin, register specimens through data entry in the Museum’s database (EMu) in line with CEP data standards, and image and barcode specimens. They will also monitor and report progress against completion targets, help prepare materials for the DigiVol program, and support CEP outreach activities.
During the fixed term contract up to 30 June 2029, this role will be responsible for delivery a project with the following key milestones/deliverables:
• Prepare 100 drawers (10,000 specimens) for DigiVol registrations. • Photograph 500 primary type specimens. • Support training of DigiVol Lab volunteers in the handling and digitisation of specimens.
Employment Status:
• Technical Officer 1/2 • Fixed term, 2.5 years up to 30 June 2029 • Full time (35 hours per week)
You will be paid a competitive total remuneration package of $80,921 - $118,119 , including an annual salary of $71,297 - $104,070, plus employer’s contribution to superannuation (currently 12%) and annual leave loading.