Description:
Duties
The primary purpose of the position is to perform the duties by applying archival assessment, description, access, preservation principles, standards, methodology, techniques, best practices, and concepts at the professional expert level.
In this position, you will:
- Manage and coordinate the in-house digitization and reformatting of audiovisual materials as needed.
- Oversee outsourced preservation projects including managing contracts with vendors for the preservation of audiovisual materials, budgeting, and developing statements of work.
- Manage and document audiovisual collections management policies, procedures, best practices, archival standards and workflows.
- Process archival collections, or portions of collections, that contain large quantities of audio and/or moving image materials.
- Participate in Smithsonian pan-institutional efforts related to archival audiovisual collection management, preservation, and access, including emerging efforts to develop a collaborative, pan-institutional workflow for scaling up audiovisual preservation of mass digitization.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
- May need to complete a Probationary Period
- Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
- Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.