Historian

We are looking for a Historian & Archives Manager (maternity cover) you would be responsible for safeguarding managing and activating A.P. Moller - Maersks corporate memory. This includes overseeing both physical and digital archives ensuring the long-term preservation accessibility and integrity of historical records and corporate knowledge while transforming heritage assets into business-relevant insights content and strategic value.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop Maersks physical and digital archives covering historical records photographs publications and artefacts dating back to the companys origins.
• Maintain archival governance information architecture metadata standards retention policies classification frameworks and quality controls to ensure reliable and compliant management of historical information.
• Lead and support the implementation migration and continuous improvement of archive and records management systems including data mapping data cleansing metadata enrichment taxonomy development and validation of migrated content.
• Drive digital transformation initiatives within archives and heritage management evaluating and adopting new technologies that improve discoverability scalability preservation and user experience.
• Explore and apply AI-enabled solutions to improve knowledge retrieval semantic search content discovery metadata generation and access to trusted historical information across the organization.
• Conduct historical research and act as a trusted advisor on Maersks history supporting communications branding media engagement customer activities internal communications legal requests and strategic projects.
• Develop and advise on heritage-based storytelling that strengthens brand reputation reinforces strategic messages and connects Maersks history with its future ambitions.
• Support stakeholders across communications branding legal HR and business functions through archival research records retrieval knowledge management and consultancy services.

Core Expertise

• Archives & Records Management
• Digital Archives & Preservation
• Information Governance
• Data Migration & Data Quality Management
• Metadata & Taxonomy Design
• AI-powered Knowledge Management
• Historical Research & Analysis
• Heritage Communication & Storytelling
• Knowledge Management
• Vendor & System Implementation Management
• Digital Transformation

This is a Maternity cover until December 2027.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1