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West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Research Centre Assistant, M+

FULL TIME

October 22, 2024

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. In Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, we are building one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world, with a bold ambition to establish ourselves as one of the world’s leading cultural institutions. Our aim is to create a new kind of museum that reflects our unique time and place, a museum that builds on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.

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 West K, 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.

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

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

You will be responsible for:

providing services to researchers and visitors at the M+ Research Centre;
coordinating access and day-to-day running of the M+ Research Centre reading room and seminar room;
supporting project-based work related to Research Centre collections including Collection Archives, Institutional Archives, Reference Library, and Library Special Collections;
supporting research and handling reference enquiries, including:
- Being the first point of contact for enquirers in the Research Centre, answering telephone and email enquiries;
- Preparing the public area of the research centre prior to opening and close it down at the end of the day;
- Monitoring Research Centre space and equipment;
- Monitoring use of seminar room;
- Identifying Research Centre collection materials and other sources relevant to the enquirer’s topic of research;
- Retrieving Research Centre collection materials for consultation and to provide assistance with scanning in response to requests from the public and from staff;
- Managing circulation in the Research Centre system (Alma);
- Maintaining enquiry management database;
- Collating data and inputting statistics relating to collection enquiries and access.
receiving and checking deliveries for the team;
liaising with building management and security when necessary; and
performing other archives and library related duties as and when required.

You should:

possess a recognised university degree in any disciplines;
have around 2 years of working experience preferably in an archive or library setting, preferably with strong interest in arts and culture sector;
be highly-organised, detail-oriented and able to work independently;
be proficient in Microsoft Office software and Chinese input; and
have excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Chinese, knowledge of other languages would be an advantage.

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.

06-11-2024

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All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards.

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