Team Leader Metadata Services
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Job Location:
Wellington - New Zealand
Monthly Salary:
$ 109697 - 136512
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Location: Wellington
Business Group: Archives & National Library
Branch: Partnerships & Commissions
Salary: $109697 - $136512
Join us to lead one of our Metadata Services teams with a focus on metadata for published collections. This is a key role that supports metadata delivery at National Library Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa and influences metadata across Archives and National Library.
In this role you will:
- Provide leadership and operational management for metadata services teams overseeing day-to-day cataloguing operations for published collections
- Manage team workload and workflow ensuring integration and effective relationships with other teams and alignment of processes across directorates
- Foster a high-performing team with a resilient and flexible culture focused on collaboration and continuous improvement
- Support innovation in metadata creation and enhancement including the application of mātauranga Māori and the implementation of digital technologies
- Contribute to policy and process development and support the Manager Metadata Services in providing advice and leadership to Archives Library services and sector-wide metadata initiatives
NLNZ has almost completed its implementation of Official RDA making this an excellent opportunity for the appointee to develop knowledge in the new standard and contribute to its successful delivery.
We encourage applicants from diverse professional backgrounds. Whether youve focused on upholding mātauranga Māori enabled access to collections or taken a pragmatic approach to information management - wed love to hear from you.
Archives - National Library sits within the Partnerships and Commissions branch. Our branch is all about collecting storing and preserving important things that are precious to New Zealand so that they are available to use.
If youre looking for a new challenge that encourages you to think innovatively to help make a difference to Aotearoa and its people then Archives - National Library could be the place for you.
Applications close: 5pm 3 November 2025
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Key Skills
- Hyperion
- Acquisition
- Asset
- ABAP
- Basic
- Activex
About Company
At the Department of Internal Affairs, the work we do makes New Zealand a better place for those born here, and those new New Zealanders who have chosen to call this country home.
