Archives Technician

Smithsonian; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian seeks an archivist to join the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, MD. This role focuses on archival arrangement, preservation, and description of manuscript, photograph, and audiovisual collections.

You will work with archive management systems such as Archivists’ Toolkit, ArchivesSpace, and Archon to ensure proper cataloging and reference support for researchers.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 level in the Federal Service.
• Experience with archival arrangement, preservation, and description of manuscript, photo, and AV collections.
• Experience using archive management systems (Archivists’ Toolkit, ArchivesSpace, Archon).
• Experience with AV formats, inspection, cleaning, splicing, rehousing, and describing AV collections.

Skills

Archival arrangement

Preservation

Description of AV collections

Archive management systems

Reference services

Administrative tasks

AV handling

Education

Graduate level education

Tools

Archivists’ Toolkit

ArchivesSpace

Archon

Job description

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), NMAI's Cultural Resources Center (CRC) in Suitland, MD.

More than one selection may be made from this announcement.

Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as working on archival arrangement, preservation, and description of manuscript, photo, and audiovisual (AV) collections; using archive management systems (Archivists’ Toolkit, ArchivesSpace, Archon, etc.), providing reference service to archival researchers, and executing basic administrative tasks (i.e., arranging travel for staff and preparing small purchase orders). Must have experience working with AV collections including identifying formats, inspecting, cleaning, splicing, rehousing, and describing audiovisual collections.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Or Education: 1 Full year of graduate level education or Superior Academic Achievements

Or a Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications. For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards. Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.