Archivist Assistant: Preserve History & Digital Collections

Felician Sisters of North America; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO 25 days

Retirement plan

Employee discounts

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

The Felician Sisters of North America are seeking a dedicated Assistant Archivist to join the team at the Madonna University Welcome Center. You will work with the Archivist to process materials for the Felician Archive, organizing, cataloging, and describing diverse records including correspondence, reports, photographs, and audiovisual materials.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of archival experience, strong computer skills, and excellent communication abilities.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of archival experience required.
• Strong computer literacy and organization skills are essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Experience working both collaboratively and independently.

Responsibilities

• Appraises, preserves, arranges, and describes archival collections.
• Creates finding aids and descriptive item-level information.
• Supports digitization and conservation projects as needed.
• Maintains legacy database records and online uploads.
• Provides access to collections via research requests.
• Develops collection guides and finding aids.

Skills

Strong computer literacy

Strong organizational skills

Excellent communication (written and 0

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Library/Information Science or related field

Certified Archivist

Tools

OCLC WorldShare

PastPerfect

CONTENTdm

Omeka

Job description

The Felician Sisters of North America are seeking a dedicated Assistant Archivist to join the team at the Madonna University Welcome Center. You will work with the Archivist to process materials for the Felician Archive, organizing, cataloging, and describing diverse records including correspondence, reports, photographs, and audiovisual materials.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of archival experience, strong computer skills, and excellent communication abilities.