*Knowledge & Skills
Understand archival principles and recordkeeping practices, Continuum Theory, Australian Series System, metadata standards, and the legal framework for practice. Apply this knowledge across business analysis, system development, digital continuity practices, appraisal, disposal, arrangement, and description.
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding and use of knowledge related to your area of practice, including critical awareness of current issues and new evidence based practice research.
Demonstrate knowledge and application of appropriate legal and policy frameworks and guidance that inform and mandate recordkeeping practice.
Professionalism
Demonstrate professional commitment by taking responsibility for individual conduct, practice and learning, with support through mentoring. Safeguard the profession's reputation and be accountable to professional standards.
Uphold the reputation of the profession. Take responsibility for obtaining regular, effective input from a manager and/or mentor for effective professional practice, reflection, and career development.
Maintain awareness of own professional limitations and knowledge gaps. Establish a network of internal and external colleagues from whom to seek advice and expertise.
Identify and act on learning needs for CPD.
Raise and address issues of poor practice including the utilisation of risk management and mitigation strategies.
Promote the profession in a growing range of contexts.
Rights, Justice & the Law
Understand the role of records in a civil society; uphold access and privacy principles and recognise the fundamental principles of human rights, inclusion and equality. Ensure these principles underpin practice.
Demonstrate ability to interpret and apply legislation to recordkeeping practice, identifying and transparently resolving situations where wider societal or business expectations may challenge the legislation.
Monitor, review and evaluate practice to ensure application of the principles of social justice, social inclusion and equality in decision-making.
Contribute to policies and development opportunities to support these principles.
Be able to communicate legislative issues to other professionals and agencies.
Values & Ethics
Demonstrate ethical conduct and engage in ethical decision-making to develop trust, including through partnership with people who use our services. Be knowledgeable about the value base of the profession, its ethical standards and relevant law.
Demonstrate confident application of ethical reasoning to professional practice, rights and entitlements, questioning and challenging others using a legal and human rights framework.
Critically reflect on and manage the influence and impact of own and others' values on professional practice.
Work to safeguard confidentiality, privacy and data protection.
Context & Organisations
Develop enterprise-wide knowledge and understanding of business processes, IT infrastructure and systems; and the resulting creation, requirements and use of records. Similarly develop a contextualised understanding of individuals in relation to personal records.
Understand and actively engage with legal, operational, IT infrastructure and policy contexts to influence and ensure effective records outcomes.
Explore and identify how organisational practice can support good recordkeeping outcomes.
Be aware of organisational change; recognise, value and engage with other specialist perspectives.
Demonstrate the ability to work within your own organisation, and identify and work with the relationship between the organisation, best professional practice and wider changing contexts.
Leadership & Innovation
Support the evolution of the profession and best practice through active engagement, research, mentoring, teaching and management.
Contribute to and promote the development of best practice, taking the initiative to test new approaches.
Contribute to the learning of others and help sustain a learning culture.
Be confident about your role as a professional, working positively with others; draw on and contribute to team and organisational goals in a collaborative manner.
Take an active role in the wider profession, building own network and collaborative working opportunities.
Critical Reflection
Apply the principles of critical thinking and reasoned discernment to identify, distinguish, evaluate and integrate organisational requirements, information systems, business processes and evidential requirements.
Routinely and efficiently apply critical reflection and analysis to increasingly complex situations.
Formulate and make explicit, evidence-informed judgements and justifiable decisions.
Provide critical reflection, challenge and evidence-informed decision-making in complex situations.
Support others in developing these capabilities, and finding their own solutions.