Archivist Assistant - Full-time

Felician Sisters of North America

Location: Madonna University Welcome Center Position Type: Full-Time, Hourly, Non-Exempt Work Arrangement: On-Site

The Felician Sisters of North America is seeking a dedicated and experienced Assistant Archivist to work with the Archivist in processing materials in the Felician Archive, located in the Welcome Center of Madonna University. The life and charitable activities of the Felician Sisters has created correspondence, reports, audio and video recordings, photographs, and other documents. The Assistant Archivist will help organize, select, catalogue, and process materials that are housed in the Felician Archive. This position will help examine files relating to the Felician Sisters collections, reviews pertinent historical literature, and analyze material to determine content and the appropriate level and type of arrangement and description as well as develop plans for accomplishing the work, including estimates of necessary resources. The Assistant Archivist will help arrange and describe archival material in accordance with established standards and best practices, at an appropriate level of detail and effort, and in a timely manner.

The successful candidate will be an organized, collaborative professional with strong archival knowledge, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to preserving and sharing the history and mission of the Felician Sisters.

Uphold the Felician Sisters of North America’s Core Values of Respect for Human Dignity, Compassion, Transformation, Solidarity with People in Need, and Justice and Peace in all interactions with all sisters, residents, visitors and employees. Exhibits behaviors that align with adherence to the Core Values.

Appraises, preserves, arranges, and describes physical and born-digital archival collections, creates finding aids for these collections in line with professional standards and best practices, rehousing and applying basic preservation measures as appropriate and creating database records.

Determines preservation and conservation issues of materials and elects best practices for resolving issues. Archival collections include a wide array of materials and formats including archival records, personal papers, photographic and other pictorial materials, maps and architectural drawings, audiovisual and born-digital materials, and artifacts.

Organization, preservation, and description of the collection: proper storage, handling, and conservation techniques.

Assists with on demand and outsourced digitization and conservation projects, including preparation of materials, creation of descriptive item level information and onsite scanning, as needed.

Assists in maintaining and standardizing legacy database records, tables, lists, etc. and uploading them online as needed.

Assists in identifying and assessing the archival value of materials.

Processing of the collection, including physical arrangement (sorting, boxing, labeling).

Provides access to collections through responding to research requests.

Inventorying and describing of materials.

Creating collection guides and other basic finding aids.

Utilizing recognized archival and records management practices

Communicating with staff and Sisters.

Attends and participates in meetings, committees, seminars, conferences, and in-service training programs as directed.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Outstanding health insurance package (medical, dental, and vision) with affordable premiums and low deductible

Generous 403b/retirement program with employer contribution (up to 6% matching)

25 days of Paid Time Off (PTO), including holidays

Competitive Pay

Annual pay increase

Employee Referral Bonus

Life and AD&D Insurance

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

Voluntary Life Insurance

Voluntary A, D & D Insurance

Voluntary Critical Illness and Accident Insurance

Voluntary Spouse/Dependent Insurance

Free Parking

Sprint Discount

Verizon Discount

Dell Computer Discount

Well Aware Wellness Program

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Emergency Assistance Fund

FSNA Care Connection - Deep Discounts on diapers and personal care products

PayActiv - Access to earned but unpaid wages before payday

Mentor program - Paid mentor orientation and wage increase while serving as a mentor.

Clothing Benefit Program for Health Services or Facilities Management employees

Ticketsatwork.com - Discounted travel and entertainment benefit

Access Perks - Discounted travel and local retailers

Perfect Presence Attendance Raffle (Quarterly)

Commuter Benefits

Pet Insurance