Job Opening Title:
Archives Assistant
Name of Employer:
City of Cambridge
Job Site Location (City, State) :
Cambridge, MA
Application Deadline:
04/12/23
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Years of experience required:
Salary Range:
$20 per hour
Job Opening URL:
https://www2.cambridgema.gov/viewjoblisting.cfm?Job_ID=3050
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
The City of Cambridge Historical Commission is seeing an Archives Assistant to assist the Commission Archivist and Digital Projects Archivist with tasks associated with maintaining, housing, and describing the Historical Commission’s dynamic archival collection and research library.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
• Create preliminary inventories.
• Conduct minor preservation tasks.
• Research biographical information and write collection finding aids.
• Rehouse and arrange manuscript, photo, and artifact collections.
• Contribute to CHC social media accounts.
• Digitize photographic materials and manuscripts.
• Catalogue books using Library of Congress call numbers.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for CHC’s mission and a desire to support practices of inclusive accessibility in processing and description.
• Knowledge of professional archival and cataloging standards
• Meticulous and detail-oriented
• Excellent communication skills
PREFERRED:
• Experience with ArchivesSpace, digitization, Photoshop, and Adobe programs is ideal but not required.
• Applicants should preferably have completed significant coursework in pursuit of an MLS degree or have 1-2 years of experience working in an archive or special collections library.
RATE: $20/hour. Sick leave eligible; otherwise this is a non-benefitted position.
HOURS OF WORK: 19 hours per week for 8 months. Continued employment is contingent on
renewed grant funding. may be eligible for hybrid work under the City’s new Telework Policy,
depending on operational needs.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Submit your resume and cover letter via email to: employment@cambridgema.gov or to the Personnel Dept, Room 309, City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139. Fax 617-349-4312. Resume and cover letter requested by 04/12/23. Position is Considered Open Until Filled. We are an AA/EEO Emloyer.
Archives Gig 