Finance and Treasury Board (FTB)

Digital Preservation Strategist

Pay Band 4

Fredericton

OPEN

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick is seeking a Digital Preservation Strategist to join its team of information professionals in Fredericton.

Reporting to the Manager of the Special Media Unit, the Digital Preservation Strategist will:

• Provide expert advice in the management and preservation of records in digital form to all public bodies.
• Work with stakeholders across GNB to develop, implement, and communicate policies, procedures, and strategies to ensure that records in digital form remain reliable, authentic, and accessible over the long term to meet the administrative, legal, and historical requirements of the Province.
• Contribute to the scheduling, management, acquisition, transfer, preservation and discoverability of government and private records with a long term or archival retention.
• Maintain and administer PANBâ??s digital repository (currently Preservica) and advance its digital preservation infrastructure.
• Assist PANB archivists in processing digital archival material by developing workflows and guidelines and aiding in the retrieval of data from obsolete digital formats.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Masterâ??s degree in archival, library or information studies and 1 year of related work experience, or a Bachelorâ??s degree in any discipline with 4 years related work experience. An individual with a combination of education and work experience in the IT sector may also be considered. An equivalent of education, training and experience may be considered.
• Understanding of archival theory and records management principles, and experience developing and implementing related procedures and standards.
• Practical experience with digital forensics and digital preservation.
• Ability to communicate complex subject matter to stakeholders at all levels of GNB
• This position requires written and spoken competence in English.

Applicants must clearly demonstrate the essential qualifications to be given further consideration. Please state your language capabilities on the application.

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with legislation governing access and use of records, including the Archives Act, Right to Information and Protection of Privacy and the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act.
• Experience administrating Preservica or other digital repository.
• Experience writing grant applications and supervising interns

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Analytical thinking/Judgement
• Problem solving/Troubleshooting
• Relationship/Network Building
• Flexibility

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Competency in past and present office technology, software and applications
• Planning, presentation and organizational skills

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies at the same level.

Salary: $56,758 to $79,378 per annum