Digitisation Manager

DIGITISATION MANAGER
The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive

The Palestinian Museum is an independent institution dedicated to supporting an open and dynamic Palestinian culture nationally and internationally. The Palestinian Museum is the flagship project of Taawon-Welfare Association and one of the most exciting new cultural projects in Palestine.


The Palestinian Museum is starting a new project that aims to create a digital archive of audio-visual elements, as well as objects, documents and art works from at risk collections from around 1800 to the present day, with open access to the public in both Arabic and English. Over the 36-month project period, starting January 2018, the Palestinian Museum anticipates having 145,000 digital items uploaded on the online platform and on the servers of a partner institution in the United States.


The Museum is looking for a motivated and committed individual with a strong background in Information and Communication Technology, digital reproduction and digital archiving practices, a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a discipline relevant to the position, managerial experience in a cultural or artistic organization/project, experience in digital reproduction, photography, communication, who is also familiar with different concepts and methods of archiving, strong communication and interpersonal skills, proficiency in English and Arabic.
 
The Palestinian Museum Digitisation Manager will be responsible for setting up a digitization lab, and the digitization of 150.000 records in three years, coordination of the digitization staff, and managing all digital assets, including storage and backups. S/he will oversee the digitization process to ensure the desired result is achieved on time and the budget is respected. The Digitisation Manager will work closely with the Project Manager and the Research and Collections Manager and will collaborate with other departments for support.

Job title:   Digitisation Manager
Location:    The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit
Employment terms:Full-time/ 3 years
Line Manager: Project Manager, The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
Manages: 3 digitization officers
Application deadline:  Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until Saturday, November 25, 2017

Interested and qualified candidates can submit their applications and learn more about the main tasks, job description, and required qualifications by visiting the Museum’s page,
 

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knowing that the latest date for submission of applications is Saturday, November 25, 2017. Incomplete applications will be disregarded and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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