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Officer, Digital Preservation (200781)
Primary Location Belgium-Brussels
NATO Body NATO International Staff (NATO IS)
Schedule Full-time
Application Deadline 06-Dec-2020
Salary (Pay Basis) 5,554.93Euro (EUR) Monthly
Grade A.2/ NATO Grade G15
Clearance Level CTS
Description
1. SUMMARY
The NATO Archives acts under the authority of the Archives
Committee. Under the
direction of the NATO Archivist, its main responsibilities
are the identification of
information with permanent value, the overall management of
the NATO Archival
holdings and the implementation of the Public Disclosure
Policy. As such the NATO
Archives provides guidance on records and archives
management matters NATO
wide; collects NATO information of permanent value
throughout NATO civil and
military bodies; organises and preserves this information
regardless of its format; and
provides access to publicly disclosed NATO information.
Under the direction of the NATO Archivist and in close
co-operation with the Head,
Application Delivery & Support Team 2 (ICTM) and Head,
Acquisition and Holdings
Management (AHU) of the NATO Archives, the officer is
responsible for the functional
support of the NATO wide implementation of the
Organization’s software application
for long-term preservation of digital records, Preservica.
H/She provides support
to upload and ingest large volumes of digitized and
born-digital content into
Preservica; user administration; data and file migration
management; system
monitoring, customer functional support on processes and
functions; and, functional
system configuration. The officer is further responsible for
supporting the
Organization’s digital preservation programme by providing
guidance and hands-on
support to customers of the NATO Archives on the handling of
different digital content
and formats for digital preservation, collecting the
requirements and suggesting ways
to improve the handling and preservation of digitized and
born-digital content of
permanent value throughout the Organization. In the
execution of her/his function, the
incumbent may need to travel to other NATO bodies to ensure
their requirements for
digital preservation are fulfilled correctly.
The Officer will act as the NATO wide Preservica
Point-of-Contact.
2. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
The incumbent must:
have a university degree, or an equivalent level of
qualification, in the area of
(Digital) Archival Science, Information Management,
Information Technology or
other relevant field;
possess at least 3 years of relevant work experience;
have extensive knowledge of digital preservation policies
and procedures;
have extensive knowledge of, and experience with, digital
preservation of
unstructured and structured data, ingestion process of
digital content,
development of metadata schemas, files format migration and
data management;
have extensive knowledge of digital archiving and
preservation technology and
software systems;
have knowledge of modern communication and office
technologies and systems
including security aspects;
have technical aptitudes and demonstrate proactivity in
keeping abreast of new
technologies and standards in digital preservation;
possess the following minimum levels of NATO’s official
languages
(English/French): V (“Advanced”) in one; I (“Beginner”) in
the other;
DESIRABLE
The following would be considered an advantage:
experience with digital preservation software packages
(ex. Preservica,
Archivematica, Adlib)
proven experience in providing support to an
organization’s digital preservation
programmes;
knowledge of international best practices and standards in
the field of digital
records and archives management and familiarity with the
life-cycle management
of records;
have experience in providing support or coaching senior
officials in preserving
their digital archives;
ability to create scripts for metadata and digital
preservation workflows;
experience working in an ICT environment with high
security requirements such
as classified military or government systems or within a
financial institution;
experience working in an international organization.
experience in providing onsite and online training in
digital preservation.
3. MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES
Knowledge Management
Provide functional support to uploading and ingesting large
volumes of digitized and
born-digital content. Be responsible for user administration
and access management;
data and file migration management of content stored in
Preservica, as well as regular
system monitoring, and functional system configuration based
on business
requirements. Provide first line customer functional support
on processes and
functions and analyze their requirements. Conduct functional
feasibility studies when
requested and report results in a clear and concise manner
by documenting designs,
procedures, standards and guidelines.
Project Management
Provide support to digital preservation projects by
designing, planning and
implementing in a structured, consistent and timely manner.
Oversee projects within
the NATO Archives related to digital preservation, including
the preservation of emails
of senior officials, webpages,structured and unstructured
content.
Information Management
Participate in and support digital preservation process
improvement initiatives.
Promote the use of digital preservation processes and tools
throughout NATO. Provide
hands-on, online and classroom training on digital
preservation in general, and
Preservica workflows and procedures in particular.
Stakeholder Management
Act as the POC for Preservica in NATO. Provide first line functional
support to
customers throughout NATO civil and military bodies.
Coordinate with customers to
define requirements for digital preservation. Prepare
factually accurate
recommendations and discuss these with stakeholders on how
to improve their digital
preservation processes. Work with customers to
review/document existing processes
and design/document new processes to address new contents,
formats and
requirements. Coordinate with ICTM Applications Support and
the IT infrastructure
provider (NCI Agency CSU Brussels) to communicate customer
requirements, and/or
determine the technical implications of addressing customer
requirements.
Expertise Development
Be responsible for the quality of customer support. Provide
reports, including
management reports, indicating suggested actions to deal
with current or foreseen
shortcomings. Investigate and make recommendations on
addressing digital
preservation challenges, such as new files formats and
technologies. Analyse
customer requirements and identify new technologies to
exploit and improve the
current system. Attend training, seminars and appropriate
digital preservation and
information exchange platforms and research communities and
recommend
technologies and preservation approaches of interest for
further investigation. Keep
up-to-date in digital preservation best practices, and
assist the NATO Archivist in
translating them into NATO-wide policies/directives.
People Management
Work in close collaboration with the NATO Archivist and Head
AHU, to efficiently
handle customer requests, deliver projects and organise the
workload. Ensure the
functional coordination and leadership of system
contractors. Offer guidance to the
technical teams and ensure quality and timely delivery of
the support services to
Preservica customers.
Perform any other related duty as assigned.
4. INTERRELATIONSHIPS
The incumbent reports to the NATO Archivist, and will
receive direction from Head,
Application Delivery & Support Team 2 (ICTM) and the
Head, Acquisition and Holdings
Management (AHU) of the NATO Archives on technical and
functional issues. S/He
will liaise with Preservica customers throughout NATO with
regard to their support and
functional system requirements. The Officer will maintain a
close working relationship
with NCI Agency CSU Brussels on technical, logistical and
operational matters,
support and develop staff at Preservica. The Officer also
liaises actively with the
Officer, Retention and Disposition on the requirements for
retention and disposition of
NATO civil and military bodies.
Direct reports: N/A
Indirect reports: N/A
5. COMPETENCIES
The incumbent must demonstrate:
Achievement: Works to meet standards;
Analytical Thinking: Sees multiple relationships;
Clarity and Accuracy: Checks own work;
Conceptual Thinking: Applies learned concepts;
Customer Service Orientation: Takes personal
responsibility for correcting
problems;
Empathy: Is open to others' perspectives;
Impact and Influence: Takes multiple actions to persuade;
Initiative: Is decisive in a time-sensitive situation;
Teamwork: Solicits inputs and encourages others.
6. CONTRACT:
Contract to be offered to the successful applicant (if
non-seconded): Definite duration
contract of three years; possibility of renewal should the
project require.
Contract clause applicable:
This post is required for a limited period to support the
"Long Term Preservation of
Information" project. As employment in this post is of
limited duration, the successful
applicant will be offered a definite duration contract of 3
years, which may be renewed
if required to support this project.
If the successful applicant is seconded from the national
administration of one of
NATO’s member States, a 3 years definite duration contract
will be offered, which may
be renewed if required to support this project, and subject
also to the agreement of the
national authority concerned.
Serving staff will be offered a contract in accordance with
the NATO Civilian Personnel
Regulations.
7. RECRUITMENT PROCESS:
Please note that we can only accept applications from
nationals of NATO member
countries.
Applications must be submitted using e-recruitment system,
as applicable:
Please note that at the time of the interviews, candidates
will be asked to provide
evidence of their education and professional experience as
relevant for this vacancy.
Appointment will be subject to receipt of a security
clearance (provided by the national
Authorities of the selected candidate) and approval of the
candidate’s medical file by
the NATO Medical Adviser.
More information about the recruitment process and
conditions of employment, can
be found at our website (http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/recruit-hq-e.htm)
8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Salary value as per 2020. Subject to future adjustments in
accordance with North
Atlantic Council decision
NATO is committed to diversity and inclusion, and strives to
provide equal access to
employment, advancement and retention, independent of
gender, age, nationality,
ethnic origin, religion or belief, cultural background,
sexual orientation, and disability.
NATO welcomes applications of nationals from all member
Nations, and strongly
encourages women to apply.
Building Integrity is a key element of NATO’s core tasks. As
an employer, NATO
values commitment to the principles of integrity,
transparency and accountability in
accordance with international norms and practices
established for the defence and
related security sector. Selected candidates are expected to
be role models of
integrity, and to promote good governance through ongoing
efforts in their work.
Due to the broad interest in NATO and the large number of
potential candidates,
telephone or e-mail enquiries cannot be dealt with.
Applicants who are not successful in this competition may be
offered an appointment
to another post of a similar nature, albeit at the same or a
lower grade, provided they
meet the necessary requirements.
The nature of this position may require the staff member at
times to be called upon to
travel for work and/or to work outside normal office hours.
The organization offers several work-life policies including
Teleworking and Flexible
Working arrangements (Flexitime) subject to business
requirements.
Please note that the International Staff at NATO
Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium is
a non-smoking environment.
