Digital Assets Officer

About us

Catholic schools have been delivering excellence in education to Sydney school students for 200 years. Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) continues to be a thriving and growing contemporary educational community with over 150 schools, more than 71,000 students, 10,000 staff and a large alumni community.

About the role

Reporting to the Manager: Creative & Studio, the Digital Assets Officer collaborates with key members of the organisation to create and implement the digital asset management strategy and vision for SCS, to support the organisation’s wider objectives and goals. The role works closely with the Communications and Marketing team to design, implement and continuously improve the digital asset management platform.

The incumbent will take carriage of the implementation of SCS’ data asset management system (DAMS). The system is intended to support content curation, publishing and filing, as well as the overall efficiency and agility of the Communications team.

Major Accountabilities

The Digital Assets Officer is required to perform tasks which include but are not limited to:

• partnering with the communications and marketing team and relevant SCS stakeholders to lead the implementation of a data asset management solution, that includes guiding principles and prioritisation of the end-user experience, including asset search, upload/download and customisable template solutions across the SCS system
• facilitating strategic decisions and the creation of a tactical plan surrounding implementation of DAMS processes and technology, including relevant organisation readiness and change management considerations, as well as integration with or migration of content and existing/enhanced processes and tools
• developing and maintaining a metadata entry protocol
• working with various stakeholders across the organisation to define metadata and taxonomy guidelines
• actively promoting data consistency to support common standards and analytics.
• providing systems training and support to colleagues and stakeholders
• establishing periodic data verification review processes to ensure data accuracy and to support easy and consistent search and delivery of assets
• crafting a 1-2 year roadmap for incremental process improvements of the DAMS pre and post-launch
• assessing project key performance indicators post-launch, qualitatively and quantitatively
• promoting and implementing Sydney Catholic Schools’ mission To know and love Christ through learning and vision of Thriving Catholic communities through excellent teaching and learning
• promoting and abiding by Sydney Catholic Schools’ values of empathy, curiosity, excellence, collaboration and truth
• any other duties as directed from time to time.

The Person

To be successful in this position, you must possess:

• minimum five years experience managing a digital asset management system
• minimum three years experience in project management, technology-related implementations, and/or a strategic planning role
• strong knowledge of DAM and metadata taxonomy and best practices, strategy principles and concepts for assets and digital content
• strong ability to work with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Analytics or other tools, HTML/CSS, JIRA or other project management tools
• demonstrated experience in asset curation
• demonstrated high-level interpersonal skills with the ability to proactively build good working relationships with key stakeholders
• demonstrated high-level analytical skills, with the ability to apply data in providing solutions and driving strategic objectives
• demonstrated high-level attention to detail
• willingness to respect, support and uphold the mission, ethos and teachings of the Catholic Church and the values of Sydney Catholic Schools.

The Process

To apply for this position please click “apply now” and follow the prompts.

To support your application, you will be required to provide:

• your current resume
• cover letter addressing the criteria above.

Closing Date: Friday, 16 December 2022  at 11.59 pm

If you encounter technical issues or for any general enquiries please contact the People & Culture Services team on (02) 9568 8297 (8am-5pm Mon-Fri).

Working With Children Check (WWCC)
This role is classified as child-related work and therefore requires a WWCC clearance prior to commencement of employment.

OUR MISSION
To know and love Christ through learning.

OUR VISION
Thriving Catholic communities through excellent teaching and learning.

OUR VALUES
Truth, empathy, excellence, curiosity and collaboration.