ARCHIVES & RECORDS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST 2, SG-18

LOCATION:  New York State Archives, Albany, NY                                                                                    
SALARY:  $44,313 (Leads to a maximum salary of $55,154 based on annual performance advances)

The New York State Archives is seeking to fill an Archives & Records Management Specialist 2 (ARMS 2) to serve as the Preservation Archivist in the Archival Services Unit.  Under the direction of the Archives Conservation Specialist 3, the ARMS 2 is responsible for the preservation of born-digital media, through refreshing, forward migration, and conversion of electronic and multimedia collections.  The ARMS 2 will supervise the re-housing of collections in all formats and the development of container lists to comply with archival standards and to help users find information in the Archives’ collections.  Duties include, but are not limited to the following:   
 
*	Implement preservation processes on born digital collections, including text files, images, databases, websites, and GIS systems; 
*	Manage computerized collection assessment and management systems and participate in the administration of the Archives inventory/tracking system; 
*	Oversee the re-housing of collections and the development of container lists and other access tools; 
*	On a project basis and in conjunction with Access Services, supervise scanning of selected records; 
*	Supervise processing team; monitor work in progress, evaluate final products, including finding aids and re-housed collections, and documents staff effort and collection status and needs; 
*	Order and inventory management of all supplies used in processing collections; 
*	Coordinate cross-unit processing project planning; 
*	Participate in disaster preparedness program. 
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  To qualify for appointment, candidates must have a master’s degree in archival administration, archival science, library and information science, history, government, public administration, political science or American studies; OR a bachelor’s degree in any of the above fields, including or supplemented by 15 credit hours in history, 9 of which must have been in American history, AND three years of experience in which the preponderance of duties involved one or more of the following: archival appraisal, arrangement and description or preservation; providing reference services in an organization whose primary focus is archival services; providing educational programs or technical assistance in the administration of archival records; or conducting a historical records grant program.
 
APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Qualified candidates should send a resume and letter of interest by October 2, 2006 to:
Ms. Gayle Bowden
Director, Human Resources Management
Box CG-114
NYS Education Department
89 Washington Avenue, Room 528 EB
Albany, NY 12234
Fax (518) 486-5631
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