"Project Archivist"

American Museum Of Natural History

Project Archivist

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education, and exhibition.

The Vertebrate Paleontology department is seeking a Project Archivist to organize and create finding aids for the Frick Collection within the Vertebrate Paleontology archives. This position collaborates with collections and research library staff, supervises a student intern, and ensures the successful management of the project.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage all project activities, including:
  • Supervision of one intern and the maintenance of project metrics.
  • Collaborate with Museum collections and research library staff to develop basic catalog records for most of the archive's collections. Create Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids for selected collections, ensuring comprehensive access to the materials.
  • Run weekly status meetings with museum staff.
• Develop and execute work plans, assessing, analyzing and proposing arrangement schemes for unprocessed materials within the archive.
• Write finding aids for collections chosen during the grant project and create basic records for others. Ensure consistency with archival standards.
• Perform basic preservation tasks, such as unfolding and flattening documents, and transferring materials to new, acid-free folders and boxes. Identify items in need of re-housing and conservation.
• Write blog posts for outreach, promoting awareness of the project and the archive's significance within the paleontology community.
• Contribute to the long-term accessibility, discoverability, and use of VP archives, including:
  • Inventory and order archival supplies, as needed.
  • Create metadata that is consistent with institutional parameters.
  • Create archive guidelines such as collection scope, accessioning, deaccessioning and restrictions.
  • Collect and record aspects of departmental history such as expeditions, exhibition halls installations and departmental employees.
  • Create workflows and implement digital record accessioning and processing in collaboration with the main Museum archive.

The expected salary range for the Project Archivist is $65,000/annual - $70,000/annual. The AMNH offers an extensive benefits package designed to meet the needs of our dedicated and diverse community.

Pay will be determined based on several factors. The hiring range for the position at commencement is based on the type of work and the scope of responsibilities. The salary and placement offered is based on a number of individualized factors, including, but not limited to, skills, knowledge, training, education, credentials, areas of specialization and depth and scope of experience.

Required Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in conservation a plus.
• Reading comprehension in foreign languages a plus.
• Experience with scientific archives is a plus.
• Experience with flat files, maps, and/or art a plus.

To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: careers.amnh.org