Overview
Lead the digital transformation of the ICRC's archives to ensure the preservation and accessibility of institutional memory. This role involves managing archival processes, digital preservation systems, and a team of staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Organizes, supervises and promotes the Unit’s work on managing institutional records for long-term preservation.
- Develops strategies, policies, guidelines and procedures for acquiring, describing, and preserving classified archives.
- Manages the initiated transition from the international ISAD(G) to Records in Context (RiC) archival description standard.
- Manages the ongoing development of the ICRC ontology and fosters internal knowledge and understanding about its role as an institutional data framework.
- Ensures classified archives are made available internally to inform present decision- and policy making through analysis and research.
- Manages a team of 13 staff members in conformity with ICRC's People Leadership and Management principles.
- Is responsible for formulating the Unit’s annual objectives and budgetary requirements, monitoring budget spending and assessing performance.
- Contributes to the development and implementation of Division and Department vision and strategies and fosters synergies and collaboration across the division and beyond.
- Leads the archives digital transformation to develop the capabilities, processes and systems enabling the ICRC to archive and preserve born-digital records.
- Manages the implementation of a new digital preservation system (DPS) based on the open archival information system (OAIS) / ISO 14721 standard.
- Builds the data management foundations for the development of semantic search capabilities, including through the ICRC ontology and transition to RiC.
- Manages the development of automated archival acquisition processes, scalable to the variety of ICRC business applications.
- Keeps abreast of digital preservation technologies, practices and strategies.
- Is responsible for the continued evolution of archival practices services and contributes to the institution’s ambition to archive born-digital information.
Required Experience
12+ years of relevant professional experience, including strategic planning, service delivery and project management. Professional experience in the ICRC, familiarity with its work, functioning and culture is a strong advantage.
Qualifications
University degree in archiving, information management, information technology or related field.
