Opportunity for Expert Consultant at UN IRMCT

Digital Preservation Coalition; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 61,784 - 88,716; Full time

Job summary

The Digital Preservation Coalition is seeking an Expert Consultant to assist in launching an online archive catalogue for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague. The role requires expertise in archival management and experience with online catalogue deployment, aiming to enhance public access to judicial records. This fixed-term contract offers a daily rate based on experience, contributing to an important initiative in archive accessibility.

Qualifications

• Expertise in arrangement and description of institutional archives.
• Experience in deploying online archive catalogues.
• Familiarity with archival collection management systems.

Responsibilities

• Support the launch of an online archive catalogue for the Mechanism's archives.
• Manage archival descriptions following international standards.
• Increase public access to and knowledge about the archives.

Skills

Archival Management

Online Catalogue Deployment

Institutional Archives Expertise

Job description

Opportunity for Expert Consultant at UN IRMCT

3 April 2023

The Hague, Netherlands

Range of $390 to $560 per day depending upon experience.

Fixed Term

The Individual Contractor will be working in the Mechanism Archives and Records Section (MARS) of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), The Hague Branch. The incumbent will work under the general supervision of the Digital Archivist, OIC MARS Hague branch.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. The selected candidate will be offered a contract as an Individual Contractor.

Terms of Reference for Consultant:

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism” or “IRMCT”) requires the services of an expert consultant to support the launch of an online archive catalogue (“Catalogue”).

The Mechanism is responsible for the management, including preservation and access, of the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (“ICTR”), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (“ICTY”), and the Mechanism itself (“The Archives”).

The Archives comprise judicial case records, records relating to the judicial process that are not part of the case records, and administrative records, in a variety of media and formats. For intellectual control of the Archives, the Mechanism purchased and implemented an Archival Collection Management System (ACMS) where archival descriptions are created and managed following international standards.

To increase public knowledge about, and potential use of, The Archives, the Mechanism aims to launch an online archive catalogue with descriptions of all ICTR and ICTY records, or groups of records, in its custody. Over time, the Catalogue will also include descriptions of the records of the Mechanism itself. The Catalogue will be an online database with a public search interface.

The Mechanism requires an expert consultant with experience in, and expertise in, arrangement and description of institutional archives and deployment of online archive catalogues and finding aids to support the launch of the Catalogue.