Archivist (Project-Based)

Description

• Make recommendations for any needed basic preservation and conservation tasks.
• Create a comprehensive finding aid that includes an abstract, arrangement note, biographical/historical note, and scope and content note.
• Project Management: Makes effective decisions about department priorities. Proposes defensible project budgets and works to control expenditures. Ensures appropriate resources are available to meet the capability and capacity required by objectives. Ensures policies, procedures and measures are in place to support the achievement of project goals.
• Arrange and describe archival materials in accordance with national standards.

Requirements

• Accredited degree in Archival Studies, Library Science, or related field with an archival concentration
• Ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines
• Master Degree preferred, Bachelor’s degree required
• Demonstrated experience processing archival collections in an archival environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Requires communicating information with co-workers, stakeholders and/or the public; reading correspondence, instructions and/or technical documents; writing correspondence and/or reports and filling in forms
• A minimum of seven (7) years' experience managing historical records for an institution/organization and fulfilling a diverse range of project initiatives
• Requires the use of a desktop, laptop, or video display terminal and identifying and distinguishing colors and shades of color
• Communication Skills: Superior written and oral communication skills, including public speaking and the ability to convey complex information in a clear, culturally competent, effective and understandable manner to multiple stakeholders. Demonstrates effective listening skills and openness to other people’s ideas and suggestions.
• Exceptional organization and project management skills
• Archival Principles & Practices; Advanced knowledge of collection storage techniques; research tools and methods; inventory and finding aid production; basic records management; general history relevant to the archival materials. Archival database management, analysis of historical value, production of written interpretation or summaries, and archival cataloguing.
• Possesses strong knowledge of archival principles, best practices, and national descriptive standards (i.e., DACS, EAD, MARC, Dublin Core, etc.)
• Requires routine physical movements with limited physical exertion
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with close attention to detail

Benefits

• Compensation (Salary/Hourly Rate:): $30 - 35 per hour

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance