Associate Archivist, M+ Museum at West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong S.A.R. -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

15 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

15 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Archives Management, Records Management, Cataloguing, Preservation Procedures, Database Systems, Data Standards, Communication, Legal Responsibilities, Bilingual Proficiency, Team Supervision, Information Management, Public Access Management, Research Assistance, Procedure Documentation, Institutional Memory, Digital Assets Management

Industry

Museums;Historical Sites;and Zoos

Description

M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Located in Hong Kong’s WestK, we are one of the leading museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world. The museum reflects our unique time and place, building on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and the international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century. The Associate Archivist is responsible primarily for implementing business records management, preserving the institutional memory of M+, and for contributing to the work of the Archives and Library (A&L) team who acquire, catalogue, preserve and provide access to the M+ Collection Archives and the Institutional Archive. You will be responsible for: working with other M+ and WKCDA teams to examine current record keeping practices, and to implement an information management policy and procedures for paper and digital records created by M+; appraising, cataloguing and preserving paper and digital records created by M+ as part of the M+ Institutional Archive, and according to international archival standards and internal policies; managing access by staff and the public to M+’s Institutional Archive, and for promoting its use in telling the story of M+ through digital/print platforms and museum exhibitions working with other museum teams as needed; supervising the work of the Research Centre Assistant, A&L interns or A&L Assistants as required; using professional archival knowledge and knowledge of the M+ Collection and Institutional Archives to provide assistance and advice to all other departments of M+ and WKCDA; undertaking other duties, as part of the M+ Archives team, relating to the management of the archives and the daily running of the Research Centre; performing any other duties from time to time as reasonably assigned by M+. You should possess a recognised postgraduate qualification in Archives or Records Management, or in Library/Information Science; have at least four years of experience within an archive, library or museum, or preferably, in a records management position; have extensive experience in the use of database systems and data standards to catalogue and manage archives and/or digital assets; have some experience in writing and updating procedure documents underpinning archives management in an archive, library or museum; have experience in the physical management of archival material, including putting in place preservation procedures and working with preservation equipment suppliers; be a good communicator with experience in building relationships to ensure compliance with archives and records management procedures; have awareness of the particular legal responsibilities around working with records and archives in Hong Kong, including data-protection and public sector records management guidelines; be proficient in written and spoken English and Chinese with an ability to write and present confidently in both languages. For interested parties, please submit your application with detailed CV on or before following date. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. The review of applications will continue until post is filled. 12-12-2025 Data collected will only be used for job application processing. Your data may be accessed by our appointed recruitment consultants who have agreed to keep confidence of all personal data in not less than the standards applicable to us. Applicants not being invited for interview within 4 weeks from the submission date may assume their applications unsuccessful. All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards. For more information, please visit https://www.westk.hk or contact: Catrina Mok /+852 22000006 About West Kowloon Cultural District Authority The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority welcomes exceptional talent with a passion to realise the vision and mission of making the West Kowloon Cultural District a primelocal and international destination for arts, culture and entertainment.

Responsibilities

The Associate Archivist is responsible for implementing business records management and preserving the institutional memory of M+. This includes appraising, cataloguing, and managing access to the M+ Institutional Archive.