Senior Archivist, Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors

The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center (JHC) at American Ancestors is an archive and educational center dedicated to collecting and preserving New England Jewish history, exploring Jewish heritage, and advancing understanding of the American Jewish experience. The JHC holds more than four million documents in its collections pertaining to New England Jewish individuals, families, businesses, and institutions, and has a digital archive of more 700,000 searchable documents.

Reporting to the JHC Executive Director, the Collections Management Archivist oversees and provides physical and intellectual management of the JHC’s archival collections; sets collection policies and procedures; manages the Digital Archivist and interns; manages the ArchivesSpace repository; and manages relationships and communications with collection donors, often in partnership with the Executive Director. The Collections Management Archivist is responsible for processing collections and updating processing and digitization priorities for the archive as needed. This is an exciting opportunity to have an impact on the use and focus of the JHC’s collections and to be a key member of the JHC team. 

This is a full-time, exempt, position located at our headquarters on beautiful Newbury Street in Boston. Some of our outstanding benefits include; medical, dental, vision, generous paid time off, paid holidays, 403(B) retirement, AFLAC, and much more!

Skills and Qualifications for the position:

• ALA-accredited Master’s degree in Library and Information Science with a concentration in archives.
• 3-5+ years of archival work with demonstrated increasing responsibilities.
• Excellent project management skills. 
• Proficient with metadata standards and schema, particularly DACS and Dublin Core.
• Computing and technical skills (Microsoft Office 365, scanning software, photo editing software, Cloud-based storage, XML, HTML).
• Experience processing analog, analog-to-digital, or born-digital collections.
• Experience with online collection management resources, such as ArchivesSpace and CONTENTdm.
• Ability to plan and supervise the work of others.
• Excellent communication and writing skills. 
• Comfort and ability to manage several projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Interest in Jewish history and/or family and community history a plus. 
• Knowledge of Hebrew and/or Yiddish a plus.

The successful candidate will start on or after December 15, 2024.

How to Apply:

To apply, please email a resume and compelling cover letter to Michelle Major, Director of Human Resources, [email protected]. 

No phone calls please.

Apply by: November 29, 2024

Salary: $58,000 – $61,000