Archives Assistant, M+ Museum

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. 

(This is a fixed-term contract position of 2-year with possibility for renewal subject to organisational needs and individual performance)

Reporting to the Collection Archivist, this position contributes to the work of the Archives and Library (A&L) team who acquire, catalogue, preserve and provide access to the Collection Archives and the Institutional Archive at the M+ Research Centre.

You will be responsible for

• arrangement, description and preservation of archival collections acquired as part of the M+ Collection Archives;
• supporting the acquisition, packing, moving and rehousing of Collection Archives;
• supporting the implementation of records management programme, including performing record audits and compliance activities, and applying retention schedules  ;
• assisting the transfer of records to the M+ Institutional Archive following established policies and procedures;
• facilitating the circulation and use of archival resources for research, exhibitions and other museum programmes;
• providing reference services to users of the M+ Research Centre involving archival material;
• providing administrative and research support for the M+ Archives; and

• performing any duties from time to time as reasonably as assigned by M+.

You should

• possess a diploma or recognised university degree in Archives or Records Management, Information Science, Cultural Management or equivalent;
• have at least 1 year of work experience in an archive, library or museum, or in another capacity related to the duties and responsibilities specified;
• demonstrate experience in or knowledge of data standards used in archival description;
• have the ability to work accurately with meticulous attention to detail;
• have the ability to work both independently and co-operatively with others in a fast-paced team environment;
• be computer literate with knowledge of MS Office and Adobe applications, and some experience of database systems to manage information;
• have excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Chinese.

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.

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: