Digital/Reference Archivist

Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County, our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work-life balance, and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live, work, and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work-life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days, and one personal day every year. 

Additional Benefits include: 

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage, including a 100% county paid premium option
• Dental and Vision coverage, including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare, and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and discounts at County facilities.

Check out our benefits page for more information. 

JOB SUMMARY

Develops and implements strategies, best practices, standards, and technologies that support discovery, access, management, and preservation of the SLCo Archives digital collections in accordance with professional archival standards, in addition to processing of analog records. Provides reference services to the public and to county agencies.    

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s degree from an American Library Association (ALA) accredited program or equivalent degree. 

Experience in accessioning, arrangement, processing, description, and preservation of analog and multi-format collections, including born digital, digitized, audiovisual, and photographic materials. 

Experience providing reference services using original records.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Assists the Archives Manager with the management of digital records for ingest, storage, preservation, and access according to professional standards.
• Manages the web archiving program, including creating and monitoring web crawls, performs quality control checks, and creates descriptive metadata for web content.
• Conducts all facets of processing projects for a variety of formats, including physical rehousing, agency history research, and development of descriptive guides for records.
• Provides reference services (in person, online, and over the phone) to a wide range of users, including conducting reference interviews to determine the appropriate records and finding aids needed by researchers.
• Assists researchers with content analysis of historical records and conducts needed research to fulfill requests.
• Promotes positive public relations regarding the collections with all patrons and Salt Lake County agencies.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES 

• Current and emerging practices for preserving archival materials in all formats.
• Tools and workflows supporting the management of digital records, including digital preservation systems and data curation tools.
• Archival community metadata content, structure, and preservation standards.
• Archival theory, relevant legal and ethical regulations, and best practices that govern the arrangement, description, and use of archival materials.

• Preserve and provide access to digital records.
• Work effectively with diverse populations.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent research skills utilizing primary source records.
• A strong user focus and service orientation, with advanced customer service skills.
• Work both independently and in a team environment.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Must be able to stoop, bend, reach, crouch, climb ladders to reach high shelves, and lift up to 40 pounds on one's own to retrieve and re-file records.  This position will work at the Salt Lake County Records Center and Archives located in West Valley City, Utah.