Job Opening Title:
Processing and Metadata Archivist
Name of Employer:
Center for Jewish History
Job Site Location (City AND State):
New York, NY
Application Deadline:
May 1, 2026
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Master’s in Library and Information Science from an ALA-accredited library school, accredited graduate degree in archival science, or with a specialization in archives.
Years of experience required:
2-5 years working experience with preservation, care, and management of archival collections and with library/archival management systems.
Salary Range:
60000-70000
Job Opening URL:
https://cjh.org/about/employment-opportunities
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply:
The Center for Jewish History (the Center, CJH) is the collaborative home of five in-house Partner organizations – American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research – whose collections comprise over seven linear miles of archival documents in dozens of languages and alphabet systems, over 500,000 volumes of books, over 15 million digital items, and thousands of artworks and objects, all spanning 5,000 years.
As one of the Center’s vibrant Partner institutions, in the same building, the Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin (LBI) is a research archive and library dedicated to the history and culture of German-speaking Jews. Its extensive library, archival, and art collections comprise one of the most significant repositories of primary source material and scholarship on centuries of Jewish life in Central Europe before the Holocaust.
Together, the Center and LBI will hire and co-supervise a new archival position. The Processing and Metadata Archivist will work collaboratively with LBI staff to process large archival collections, including the papers of individuals, families and organizations with German Jewish roots that document emigration across the United States and the Americas. Additionally, the new archivist will receive extensive training from the Center on archival metadata remediation, enabling LBI to evaluate and normalize their archival descriptions in a shared ArchivesSpace instance.
The Processing and Metadata Archivist is an on-site role with responsibilities divided between the two organizations, LBI and the Center. The archivist reports jointly to the Director of Collections (LBI) and the Chief of Information Services (CJH) within the Metadata & Discovery Services Department.
Review of applications will begin immediately. For priority consideration, please submit a cover letter, resume, and three references to jobs@cjh.org. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. No phone calls, please.