Collections Management Technician (Digital)

Description

Information about the organization

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.

Information about the role

The David M. Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation's (Rubenstein Institute) major responsibility is to collect, preserve, and make available the historical record of the Holocaust and to support with its stewardship of the Collection of Record the Museum's wide-ranging efforts in the areas of research, exhibition, publication, education, and memorialization.

The primary purpose of the Collections Management Technician (Digital) position is to provide support for the management of digital acquisitions and digitization work for a wide variety of historical collections formats.

The position is onsite located in the Shapell Center in Bowie, MD. This is a full-time donated (non-federal), one-year term position, paid with the Museum's private funds.

Salary is commensurate with experience.

Duties, and Responsibilities for the role

• Copy files from external media and file sharing software following the museum provided guidelines for safety.
• Perform file integrity checks, inventories, and check and apply file naming conventions appropriately to ensure correctness of files.
• Update and maintain all necessary tracking systems for Museum collections.
• Retrieve items from and return them to storage, handling items when needed, and assist in labeling or reboxing of items to assist in carrying out established procedures for the digitization and photography of various historical collections.
• Conduct the physical tracking of collections items to ensure locations of items are accurate for historical collections format digitization and photography using both electronic and manual systems, including barcoding technology.

Minimum Qualifications for the role

• Knowledge of and skills to perform the safe movement and packing of historical collections in order to ensure their protection.
• Knowledge of and skills in applying the theory and practice of computer software systems, barcode technology and project tracking software.
• Knowledge of common file format types for access and preservation of digital historical collections.
• Knowledge of ethical standards, policies, procedures, storage and housing of historical collections within the field of collections management or digital collections management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Initiative and Critical Thinking : Demonstrates ongoing interest in learning and contributes to organizational goals by taking greater responsibility than expected.

Gathers, evaluates, and synthesizes information from observation and experience, to identify issues, recognize opportunities, and produce innovative solutions.

Delivery Excellence and Flexibility : Displays high productivity and delivers quality work, while maintaining a professional attitude, in order to meet stakeholder needs and advance Museum goals.

Maintains flexibility amid new information, and adapts to changing priorities to carry out duties.

Teamwork : Works cooperatively with others, inside and outside the team / Branch / Division / Office, to accomplish shared objectives.

Actively listens to others and presents own ideas clearly, concisely, and accurately in written and oral form.

Preferred Qualifications for the role

• 1 year of collections management or digital collections management experience.
• Experience working in a team-based environment.
• Interest in working in the cultural heritage sector.

The application deadline for this position is September, 27 2024.

Interested applicants must send their resume and cover letter; applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

The Museum is committed to cultivating and maintaining a culture of diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion (DEAI).

Please click here to view the Museum Statement on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (PDF).

Benefits Highlights :

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum values employee wellness, work-life balance and the diversity of what this means for individual employees in life and work.

We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package for benefits-eligible employees that includes generous paid leave benefits, health, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, a health savings account with an employer contribution, 403(b) retirement plan with a generous employer match and contribution, group term and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability, commuter subsidy, access to two employee assistance programs, as well as voluntary critical illness and accident insurance coverage, long-term care and pet insurance options.

Our policies also support telework and other flexible schedule options based on the job, work and team collaboration requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)