Supervisory Archivist

Job Title

Archival Affairs Division Deputy Director

Job Description

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a federally chartered, nonpartisan institution that was created by the US Congress to serve as America's national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an educational institution dedicated to the history and lessons of the Holocaust. The Museum seeks to educate Americans from all 50 states and all walks of life as well as international audiences. The Museum has three areas of expertise: Holocaust remembrance, Holocaust scholarship and education, and genocide prevention.

In carrying out its important memorial and educational mission, the Museum is guided by its institutional values for our workplace: Honor the memory of the victims; carry out our work with dignity, humility, integrity and respect for others; and strive for excellence through teamwork, rigor, and a culture of continuous learning. Consistent respect for others is the foundation for trust, collegiality and inclusion.

Duties Include:

Serve as the Archival Affairs Division (AAD) Deputy Director and to provide, alongside the Division Director, comprehensive archival, cataloging, and strategic direction for the two AAD branch chiefs and their staff, the Film and Special Media Archivist, the Institutional Archivist and Records Manager, and the Museum, with an emphasis on description and the orchestration of archival processing and cataloging of incoming collections and accretions, and coordination with other staff to ensure and expand physical and digital access to the Museum's Collection of Record.

Develop and implement archival standards and practices for the Museum that meet or exceed the international standards of the archival field and displays expertise in orchestrating teams of archivists, catalogers, and support staff structuring the organization of collections on behalf of the Museum.

Oversee the efforts of the archival team (all Division employees) regarding all materials acquired for the Museum's collections, including three-dimensional artifacts, papers and manuscripts, film, oral histories, recorded sound, and copies of archival collections from other institutions.

Ensure that branch-led procedures for archival organization, description, indexing, and cataloging are developed and followed by Archival Affairs Division staff to enhance usability and discoverability of collections.

Support the development, management, oversight, and reporting on budgets to the division and office leadership; Initiates or drafts preparation of grant proposals and reports to donors in cooperation with the Office of Development staff and in collaboration with the Rubenstein Institute Director of Planning and Administration and Office leadership.

Prepares verbal and written draft presentations, subject to the concurrence of the Division Director, on behalf of the Museum on topics including the activities, policies, and methods of the Division, Office, and Museum for partner and other archival institutions, scholars, researchers, donors, media, and others.

Implements archival processing and cataloging procedures and priorities in close collaboration with the needs of and workflows within the Office.

Provides direction and management of the Archival Affairs Division, through leadership and monitoring staff activities and projects.