[PADG:1193] Two positions available at the New York State Archives

["Barbara Lilley" <BLILLEY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

New York State Archives
Archives Conservation Specialist 3, SG-23
LOCATION: Albany, NY                                                            
SALARY:  $57,606 (Leads to a maximum salary of $70,932 based on annual performance advances)
The New York State Archives is seeking to fill a position of Archives Conservation Specialist 3 (ACS 3) in the Archival Services Unit. The ACS 3 will be responsible for the preservation of the collections of the New York State Archives, including those in electronic and multimedia formats.  Under the general direction of the Archives and Records Management Specialist 4, the ACS 3 will manage programs to preserve archival holdings through needs assessment, environmental control, holdings maintenance, disaster preparedness, reformatting and conservation.  Duties include but are not limited to the following:
 
Develop policies, procedures, and plans for preserving archival records in all formats, including electronic and multimedia; 
Identify priorities for preservation action and develop and implement preservation plans that both target the most vulnerable collections and address user needs; 
Oversee collection stewardship activities, including environmental monitoring, holdings maintenance and storage, and disaster preparedness and response; 
Oversee in-house conservation and reformatting operations, ensuring that all operations meet relevant standards and best practices; 
Acquire and coordinate outside services as necessary; write contract specifications and coordinate all collections conservation and reformatting provided through contractual services; 
Write grant proposals and direct grant-funded projects that advance collections preservation and access; 
Develop in-house capacity for the transfer of common formats 
Work in  teams to improve stewardship of collections across the NYS Library, the NYS Archives, and the NYS Museum; 
Provide technical assistance to agencies and local governments to help them protect records in their custody. 
 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Candidates must have a Master?s degree in Archival Administration, Archival Science, Library and Information Science, or History WITH a certificate in Preservation Management from an accredited conservation training program; or a Master?s degree in Paper Conservation from an accredited conservation training program; AND four (4) years of experience in an archives or historical records repository preservation program, TWO years of which must have included supervising staff or managing one or more areas of the preservation program or function.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:  The appointment will be provisional pending a Civil Service examination.   
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-115
NYS Education Department
89 Washington Avenue, Room 528 EB
Albany, NY 12234
Fax (518) 486-5631
E-mail: cgraves2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer


ARCHIVES & RECORDS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST 2, SG-18
LOCATION:  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
E-mail: cgraves2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer