ABOUT THE ROLE

• Part time (0.4 FTE) ~ until 30 June 2025
• Hybrid – Abbotsford / Working from home
• SCHADS Level 4 $31,672.80 (FTE ~ $79,182.45) per year, plus super & salary packaging

Be part of a small team responsible for the preservation, management, and storage of the records of Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand and the Sisters of Good Shepherd. This role includes appraisal and transfer of records into the archive, and carrying out day-to-day workflows related to the access, storage and preservation of historical archival materials. Materials include documents, photographs, videos, books, newspapers, ephemera, and artworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Responding to and coordinating requests for information from internal and external stakeholders, including complex legal and redress enquiries as required.
• Processing, sorting and cataloguing records, including adding descriptive metadata.
• Ensure records are appraised, stored, listed, and described on the Archives Holdings Database.
• Maintain and update Finding Aid folders.
• Assisting in record searching for civil, legal and redress claims which may be related to historic experiences of harm to children and vulnerable adults.
• Ensure delicate and aged materials are maintained and preserved in accordance with established archival preservation procedures.
• Liaise with offsite storage companies and assist employees requesting and sending records to offsite store.
• Undertaking copying or digitising of requested material as required.

ABOUT YOU

• Qualifications in archives and records management/ information management or a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training
• A satisfactory National Police Check
• A satisfactory International Police Check (if you have resided outside of Australia within the last 5 years)
• A current Employee Working with Children’s Check (WWCC) or state equivalent
• Ability to obtain and provide evidence of vaccinations against COVID19.

ABOUT US

Our three-year strategy outlines the world we want to see and our role advancing in it. It also speaks to the positive impact we will deliver to support women, girls and families to be safe, secure, strong and connected. We are committed to tackling the issues of our time which adversely affect them. We work to advance equity and social justice and support our communities to thrive.

We seek to increase economic participation and wellbeing, to build resilience, improve safety and bring about system change. We offer microfinance programs and products, financial counselling and coaching, family violence support, parenting programs and playgroups, education programs and community houses. These services are complemented by research and advocacy to address the underlying structural causes of injustice, exclusion, and inequality.

BENEFITS

• Salary packaging (which can add up to $15,900 in tax-free pay per year)
• Paid study leave
• Paid parental leave
• Gifted leave at Christmas and Easter
• Additional purchased annual leave
• Flexible work hours/working from home where possible
• Long service leave due after 10 years, with access after seven
• Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counselling service

To find out more about the role and to review the position description please explore our website: www.goodshep.org.au

We recognise the rich diversity of people across Australia. We are committed to ensuring that our team is reflective of the diverse community we serve and to supporting a culture of equity, inclusion and diversity.

Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand is a Child Safe employer. Employment is subject to satisfactory referee checks, a current employment working with Children Check, National Criminal History check and proof of the right to work in Australia.