(21 July 2015) The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority of Hong Kong is currently recruiting an Archivist to join M+. M+ is the new museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, as part of West Kowloon Cultural District, focusing on 20th and 21st century art, design and architecture and moving image. The M+ building is scheduled for completion in 2018.
The Archivist is responsible for:
- developing and documenting techniques, procedures and policies for acquiring both paper based and digital archives;
- establishing a set of best practices for archives held and acquired by M+, manage cataloguing according to Museum and Archive professional standards;
- supporting and encouraging the use of archival resources for research, exhibitions and other museum programmes;
- advising curatorial staff of the functional requirements for acquiring, preserving and accessioning archives; and advising and contributing to the planning of physical spaces for archival functions for both storage and accessibility as part of the museum building project.
The job description and application details are here.
