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POSITION DESCRIPTION  

Position Title:  Baptist Union Archivist 

Location:         National Resource Centre, Auckland, New Zealand 

Reports to:      Operations & Finance Director 

Position:          0.2 FTE (8 hours per week) 

Term:              Permanent Position 

INTRODUCTION 

It is a great time to be part of the staff team at the National Support Centre of the Baptist Union of New Zealand.  

Our Regional Associations are being revitalised, we have developed a robust Lead Team, and we are working to establish greater partnership with tangata whenua. Our new and emerging leaders are increasingly influencing the shaping our future, and we are positioning our assets for the purpose of ministry and mission. We look expectantly to how God will use our collective of faith communities to bring Gospel renewal to people and places in Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond.  

The Baptist Union archive that has previously been managed by Carey Baptist Theological College – is now coming directly under the management of the Baptist Union.   

We are looking to employ an Archivist with initiative, energy, maturity, and a broad experience to undertake the role of transition the archive records to a new system, manage archive tasks, and develop, update and maintain archiving policy within the Baptist Union.

There will also be an interface with users of the archive to access material within the archive.  The primary users will be Carey students, but we expect with greater visibility of the archive across the movement that there may be a wider interest I, and desire to access the taonga we have in our collection.

WHO WE ARE 

We are a collective of faith communities bringing gospel renewal to people and places in our local neighbourhoods. We currently have 240 ethnically diverse member churches, fellowships, and missional communities in Aotearoa NZ. We have about 400 pastors, chaplains, and workers. 

We believe that Baptist ministry and mission is best done locally. Our faith communities determine for  

themselves the best way to fulfil their mission within their unique communities. This has resulted in a  

movement that oversees a significant number of ministries and social initiatives throughout our country and beyond. These include a wide range of programmes that impact the lives of every age, ethnicity, and social grouping in New Zealand – our diversity is our strength!  

We believe a healthy faith community will be marked out by four things—robust leadership, growing  

disciples, healthy resources, and effective mission. When our individual Baptist faith communities are  

healthy then our movement will be healthy. Our collective ministry and mission response is through our 240 individual faith communities serving their local communities the best that they can!  This role plays a major part in seeing these things achieved.

We endeavour to support our local faith communities both; regionally, through strong associations which have a functioning and robust executive, regional leader, and ministry coaches; and nationally, by resourcing our churches in key areas including property, finance, legal, HR, communication, leadership coordination and social impact. 

KEY TASKS 

The key tasks associated with the management and preservation of the New Zealand Baptist Archive are as follows: 

·         Initially – transfer our archive records from current system to new system - E-Hive.

·         Reviewing, updating and maintaining Baptist Union archive policies – including accession/deaccession, collection care.

·         Handle archive material in a responsible manner

·         Managing access to the archive items for researchers.

·         Maintaining and updating records – which may include accessioning collection items located around the motu - into the archive system.

·         Arranging for conservation and containment of items where appropriate.

·         Developing a “significance” framework for Baptist archives – both central and local church based

·         Developing a process for digitization where appropriate, and should resources permit – oversee the digitization of the collection.

·         Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be required from time-to-time to ensure that the Baptist Union’s objectives are met.

SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES 

A variety of personal attributes and skills will converge in the life of the successful applicant: 

·         A love for Jesus, the Bible, the Gospel, the Church, and the Mission of God. 

·         An active member of a church, preferably Baptist.  

·         A library qualification

·         LIANZA professional registration or eligible for registration

·         Archival processing experience

·         An understanding of Māori tikanga. 

·         Operational excellence   

·         Excellent written and spoken communication skills   

·         Takes initiative 

·         Extremely well organised, punctual, accurate and high attention to detail.   

·         A team player who can work collaboratively, with diversity, and is solution focused.  

·         Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.  

KEY RELATIONSHIPS 

Internal Liaison:   

·         Operations and Finance Director

·         Operations Advisor & Operations Coordinator

·         Head Librarian - Carey

·         Carey students           

External Liaison:   

·         External researchers

·         Baptist church leaders

·         Software provider

·         Museology professionals

Application Process

Please send your CV and a cover letter to hr@baptist.org.nz