New York, NY: Processing Archivist (term), Center for Jewish History
The Center for Jewish History seeks a full-time Processing Archivist for a term ending September 30, 2016 with the possibility of extension. Reporting directly to the Archival Services Manager, the Processing Archivist will participate in the activities of the Archival Services department. The successful applicant will join a dynamic team of forward-thinking and professionally engaged Center archivists who, in addition to processing, also provide support for digitization projects and other access-oriented services for the archival collections held by the five partner institutions of the Center.
Responsibilities include:
- Arranging and describing personal papers and institutional records, including born-digital materials, in accordance with contemporary professional standards, vocabularies, and practices (e.g. DACS, AAT, MPLP) as well as local guidelines for processing
- Rehousing collection materials and addressing preservation concerns as needed
- Encoding EAD finding aids using oXygen XML Editor
- Utilizing social media and Wikipedia to raise public awareness of newly processed collections
- Contributing to departmental documentation on processing, encoding, and digital preservation
- Undertaking special projects as assigned
- Engaging in professional activities both internally at CJH and externally in the broader professional landscape
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree from a library, information science, or public history program with a concentration in archives management
- Minimum of 1 year experience with efficient processing procedures
- Knowledge of archival theory, practice, and standards (especially DACS and EAD)
- Experience with or coursework in digital media and born-digital files in archival collections
- Strong reading knowledge of German
- Strong awareness of information technologies appropriate to archives
- High capacity for creative problem-solving
- Adept at prioritizing work and meeting multiple deadlines
- Willingness and ability to research and apply new technologies, in particular for born-digital materials
- High capacity for creative problem-solving
- Adept at prioritizing work and meeting multiple deadlines
- Ability to work flexibly, independently and collaboratively in a complex organizational environment comprised of diverse constituencies
- Capacity to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
Preferred Qualifications:
- Reading knowledge of Yiddish, Hebrew, or other Central or Eastern European languages
- Familiarity with 20th-century Jewish history
- Experience with or coursework in digital media and born-digital files in archival collections
- Willingness and ability to research and apply new technologies, in particular for born-digital materials
No phone calls, please.
