Archivist

Sul Ross State University - Alpine

Salary: $43,846

Position Summary:

The Archivist of the Archives of the Big Bend will transform and invigorate archival services at Sul Ross State University, including reimagining service provision and the building of successful relationships to ensure a robust program of reference services, processing, outreach, education, materials acquisition, access, and preservation. The Archivist will advocate in developing comprehensive strategies to serve users and to integrate the Archives of the Big Bend further into the mission of the University while addressing needed policy and procedure updates and a backlog of valuable holdings.

The collection area of the ABB includes the Trans-Pecos of Texas and corresponding border area of northern Mexico. The holdings include manuscripts; records of businesses, organizations, and individuals; photographs; maps; oral histories; newspapers; books; digital files; and the University Archives, including records created by departments, offices, programs, and committees, as well as the material of individual faculty, staff, students, student groups, and alumni. Under direction of the Director of the Library and Archives and in collaboration with the Division of Educational and Cultural Resources, this Archivist will provide day to day oversight of the general operations of the ABB, as well as for activities related to archival processing, research services, access services, facilities management, fundraising and development, and community outreach. 

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree from an ALA accredited library or information science program with a concentration on archival studies or special collections. 
•  Demonstrated knowledge of current archival theory and accepted best practices.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas of special collections and archives: collection development, archives, user services, outreach programs, or donor development.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; strong and effective written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently; evidence of ability to initiate and carry projects through to completion.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute collegially and productively in a team environment.
• Project management experience.
• Must be creative, flexible, broadly focused, and adventurous to expand or shift responsibilities to meet evolving needs.
• Outstanding ability to establish positive, enthusiastic, and productive collaborations working with a wide variety of constituencies and colleagues including the general public, researchers and writers, faculty, students, administrators, and national organizations.
• Demonstrated knowledge of commonly used research tools for contemporary archival and special collections research.
• Experience with grant development. 
• Familiarity with digital scholarship programs and other archival repository platforms.
• Capacity and commitment to engage independently in continuing professional development.
• Strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and a desire to work in and foster a collaborative, respectful culture.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the history of the Big Bend/Trans Pecos region of Texas and corresponding area of Northern Mexico and the ability to speak and read Spanish.

For more information and to apply, visit: https://sulross.peopleadmin.com/postings/6375