Associate Archivist

Responsibilities

• Exercises discretion and judgement when applying professional standards and practices when acquiring, creating catalog entries, and/or facilitating access to archival records.
• Works independently, managing his/her own work.
• Represents their teams while traveling; trains and directs volunteers and missionaries to acquire, process, and/or facilitate access to records.
• Handles sensitive information across diverse cultures and languages, including confidential and sensitive information from or about Church leaders and operations.
• Develops professionally by participating in professional conferences.
• Supports and trains interns and volunteers.
• Completes assignments from his/her manager to prepare training materials or process documentation.
• Provides support to his/her team by performing research and other assigned tasks.
• Contributes to Church products and services by identifying information and stories that align with stated needs and by contributing to enhanced finding aids, databases, or reference documents.

Qualifications

• Required:
• Bachelor's degree in history, library science, archival studies, anthropology, sociology, global studies, or other related fields.
• Two years of experience or equivalent education and experience.
• Practical knowledge of history, especially Church history.
• Understanding of archival principles, practices, and standards.
• University level oral and written communication skills, including basic editing skills.
• Ability to effectively train and support interns, volunteers, and missionaries.
• Familiarity with Church history resources.
• Familiarity with fundamental principles of effective digital user experience and how to apply this knowledge when structuring and describing collections to optimize their discoverability and usefulness.
• Practical knowledge of historical research methodology.
• Good judgement; organization and planning skills; ability to perceive and analyze problems; interpersonal skills, including the ability to handle difficult donors and patrons in a professional manner.
• Cultural sensitivity.
• Ability to sit for long periods of time while using computer monitors/equipment.
• Able to tolerate exposure to dust and mold from old records and artifacts.
• Able to lift 50 lbs.
• Preferred:
• Master's degree in a related discipline
• Possess knowledge associated with the assignment (i.e. knowledge of prominent people, dates, locations, and events in Church history).
• Language skills are a plus.

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