The University of Arizona Libraries seeks a driven, collaborative, service-oriented professional as a Collections Management Archivist. This position meets the information needs of students, faculty, and other Special Collections users through the development and management of the department’s collections including acquisitioning, processing, description, and collections maintenance. The position also provides reference service and instruction on the use of archival collections with occasional curation of exhibitions. This position provides leadership and collaborates with other department staff in developing strategies for the long-term stewardship of the University of Arizona’s Special Collections through managing physical and digital materials, especially through accessioning, and arrangement and description of archival collections. This leadership role is responsible for hiring, training, supervising, and mentoring employees, students, and interns. Additionally, the incumbent provides research support and promotes collections to students, faculty and scholars. This is a continuing-eligible or continuing track, academic professional position. Incumbents are members of the general faculty and are entitled to all accompanying rights and privileges granted by the Arizona Board of Regents and the University of Arizona. Retention and promotion are earned through achievement of a record of excellence in position effectiveness, scholarship, and service.
For additional information about the position, including salary, benefits, responsibilities, and qualifications, see the University of Arizona website at http://uacareers.com/postings/17233.
