The Head Archivist is the direct report for all full-time archival staff, providing leadership, expertise, and mentorship. This position reports to the Executive Director and is part of the senior management team responsible for ongoing strategic planning, assessment, and reporting activities.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage archival staff of 3-5 (e.g., orient, train, monitor workload, provide guidance and direction, and monitor and evaluate performance)

• Develop integrated processes and workflows for arranging and describing analog, born-digital, and hybrid collections

• Provide archival expertise in the field for potential collection material

• Process archival collections

• Review and evaluate work products, such as finding aids and metadata

• Organize and assign patron request

• Staff the research desk, including occasional Saturday shifts

• Assist with grant writing

• Develop policies and procedures in collaboration with Center management

• Participate in strategic planning

• Develop and represent the Center in community outreach activities

• Support digital scholarship initiatives and collection accessibility

• Collaborate with area faculty and teachers to use primary source materials

• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Education and/or Experience:

• Master's degree in Information and Library Science or related field;

• Five or more years of professional experience in an academic or research library special collections repository, or other relevant setting; 

• Demonstrated record of successful supervisory experience;

• Three years of project management experience.

Salary Information:

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