Curator Photographic Archive

3 weeks ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

**Type**: Permanent Hours: Full time Location: Wellington Business Group: National Library Branch: Enterprise Partnerships Salary: $75,044 - $101,531
Kia ora, Bula Vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Fakatalofa atu, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, Malo ni, Talofa lava, Ni hao, Namaste, Salaam, Selam and Hello
- Exciting opportunity to work as part of the Alexander Turnbull Library's Curatorial Team, with a particular focus on building and managing the Photographic Archive.
- Lead the promotion and sharing of Aotearoa New Zealand's photographic heritage, facilitating and enhancing use while also promoting iwi/Māori access.
- As part of a holistic system, work collaboratively with colleagues across the Alexander Turnbull Library to improve the representation of all New Zealanders, and especially of historically underrepresented groups.

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced cultural heritage professional to join the Alexander Turnbull Library's Curatorial Services Team. This role will manage the Photographic Archive, taking responsibility for developing the photographic collection through donation and purchase, strategically developing and maintaining collection plans, engaging and negotiating with donors, providing research services, undertaking outreach activities, developing proposals for digitisation and exhibition programmes. In this role you will report to the Curatorial Services Leader and work collaboratively with staff across the Turnbull Library. This position will also involve consultation with communities, researchers, partners and other key stakeholders to identify potential development opportunities and make accessible New Zealand's photographic collections to a range to audiences and especially to Māori and Pasifika groups.

**To be successful in the role you will have**:

- Experience working with cultural heritage collections in a Library, Archives or similar organisation, with specialist skills in formats of relevance to photographic collections.
- The talent to communicate effectively with wide-ranging audiences and communities.
- Demonstrated understanding of the balance between 'protecting privacy and copyright' and 'facilitating access to collections'.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and engagement with archival theories and principles, especially strong appraisal, accessioning, as well as arrangement and description experience and knowledge.
- Experience of working with donors and an ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with donors and dealers, your team, the wider business, and documentary heritage sector colleagues

The Alexander Turnbull Library is part of the National Library of New Zealand and sits within the Information and Knowledge Services branch, the Department's epicentre of information management, culture and heritage. Our branch is all about collecting, storing and preserving important things that are precious to New Zealand.

Kōkiri, kōkiri, kōkiri
Whakarongo ake au ki ngā reo o te motu
E karanga mai ana
Huakina mai ngā tatau o tō whare
Kia mahi tahi tatou, kia inu ai mātou
I Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa

**Credit**: Bella Tarawhiti

The message from the people
Clearly asks us
To open our doors
So that we may work together and share the information
Held in the National Library of New Zealand

If you would like a stimulating, rewarding career within a team that values people, their information and their stories, we would very much like to hear from you.

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