Role:

Librarian / Library Advisor

Do you have a passion for libraries, history and family history? The Society is looking for someone with strong librarian skills to support the technical requirements of maintaining and building our collection whilst also supporting our researchers and working alongside our other staff and volunteers.

The role is available at 0.8 or 1.0 FTE or can be taken as a 4 or 5 days a week role. This would include flexible working as we will require some Saturday and possible evening working in line with events and Library opening hours.

This is for a permanent position, however we are open to discussing shorter term opportunities.

Please consider the Position Description and whether it would suit your skills and needs.

Library Services Manager - (02) 9299 5151 during Library opening hours or email us.

Please note that the Society's Library will be closed Friday 17 December 2021 - Monday 17 January 2022 inclusive (and offices until 4 January 2022). We will respond to your enquiry as soon as we can.

1. Your current CV.
2. No more than 1 page of text that describes how your experience and skills could be applied to the role including any areas of our operations where you would apply your expertise to innovate.

Thursday 20 January 2022, 11.59pm

Via Zoom or in-person depending on your location, noting the role is based in Sydney, NSW.

At this stage, interviews will be held in late January/early February 2022.

Role:

Archives Project Manager

Do you have a passion for archives and history? The Society of Australian Genealogists houses a collection of over 65,000 works that are detailed in the Manuscript, Images and Digital Archives System (MIDAS).

We have 1-year full time (35 hours per week) paid contract role to project manage the collection to its next stage for the Society. This would include flexible working as we will require some Saturday and possible evening working in line with events, both online and in-person.

Overall we are looking for someone with archival and project management skills that can take our MIDAS collection to the next stages as outlined in the PD.

Please consider the Position Description and whether it would suit your skills and needs.

Chief Executive Officer - (02) 9247 3953 or email us.

Please note that the Society's Offices will be closed Friday 17 December 2021 - Monday 3 January 2022 inclusive (and Library until 17 January 2022). We will respond to your enquiry as soon as we can.

To support the shortlisting process, please email the following to: info[at]sag.org.au by application deadline:

1. Your current CV.
2. No more than 1 page of text that describes how your experience and skills could be applied to the role including any areas of our operations where you would apply your expertise to innovate.

Thursday 20 January 2022, 11.59pm

Via Zoom or in-person depending on your location, noting the role is based in Sydney, NSW.

At this stage, interviews will be held in late January/early February 2022.