Archivist

What you'll learn and achieve

• Appraise, select, accession, arrange and describe archival collections and materials in all analog and digital formats according to best practices and national/international standards.
• Support the continued development and maintenance of the digital archival repository by adding digitized and born-digital records for long-term preservation and access.
• Collaborate with colleagues on communications, public relations, social media, community engagement, brand, and other teams on projects and initiatives that involve the organizations' history.
• Collaboratively assess and prioritize the physical and digital archival processing backlog.
• Collaboratively assess archival collection storage space, recommend improvements, and reorganize materials to best utilize available space.
• Respond to reference questions from internal and external stakeholders covering a variety of complex subjects in a timely and organized manner.
• Conduct oral histories with long-standing employees and retirees regarding their work experience and promote donation of their papers and materials to the archives.
• Speak to small groups and lead tours of the archives for employee and external audiences.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What makes you a great fit

• Demonstrated experience managing archival collections through appraisal, accessioning, arrangement, description, preservation, and access activities in accordance with established archival standards and best practices.
• Familiarity with national and international standards of archival description (DACS/ISAD-G) and best practices in archival management.
• Demonstrated experience with social media to promote the archives to internal and external audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in small team environments.
• Strong project management skills for individual and small group projects.
• Ability to develop work plans with measurable results and achievable deadlines.
• High degree of curiosity to learn about the organization's mission and history.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate historical and archival information to diverse audiences.
• Strong advocacy for the organization's history and value of archival services.

Professional education and experience requirements

• Master's degree in library and information science (MLS/MLIS) from an ALA-accredited program with a concentration in archives, or a master's degree in history/public history with significant archival experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of archival processing experience.
• Significant experience with archival collection management software (i.e. ArchivEra, ArchiveSpace), Microsoft 365 products (e.g. Excel, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams), Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop.
• Experience with digital preservation repository platforms (i.e. Preservica) preferred.
• Certified Archivist designation by the Academy of Certified Archivists preferred.
• Certificate or significant coursework in digital archives preferred.