(Temp) Shelby White and Leon Levy Processing Archivist at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Job Title: Shelby White and Leon Levy Processing Archivist 

Job Status: Full-time, Temporary

Location: New York, NY

Salary: $70,000

Role Overview
This is an 18-month, temporary full time, grant funded position. Reporting to the Archives Senior Manager, the Shelby White and Leon Levy Processing Archivist (“Processing Archivist”) will be responsible for processing and providing access to collections in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (“LCPA”) Archives, specifically photographs, as well as early records of the organization related to the building of Lincoln Center. The Processing Archivist will undertake arrangement, description, weeding, and rehousing of the physical collections, as well as the creation of finding aids in ArchivesSpace and integration with digitized and/or born-digital materials in LCPA’s digital asset management system.

The Processing Archivist will be an integral member of a team committed to careful stewardship and preservation of collections and to increasing access and discoverability of the LCPA Archives.

What You’ll Get To Do Here:

  • Arrange and describe archival collections, preparing finding aids in ArchivesSpace in accordance with local and national standards.
  • Create monthly progress reports of activities.
  • Weed out duplicate materials following established policy.
  • Rehouse and label collections containers as needed.
  • Perform other related duties as required.

You’ll Be A Fit If You Bring: Education

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of related experience required.
  • Master’s degree from an ALA accredited library and or information science program, with Archives specialization strongly preferred.

Experience

  • Minimum of one-year experience in archival processing required.
  • A strong background in archival theory and practice, especially regarding arrangement and description.
  • Accurate record keeping and attention to detail.
  • Knowledge of and ability to implement standards and best practices for cataloging and archival processing, including DACS, EAD, Dublin Core, LCSH, LC/NAF, AAT.
  • Experience using a collections management system like ArchivesSpace.
  • Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work well independently and collaboratively in a production-oriented, team environment.
  • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, OneNote) and project management software.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills, as well as attention to detail.
  • Experience with digital asset management systems preferred.
  • Knowledge of and experience working with photographic materials, including silver gelatin prints and negatives, chromogenic prints, color slides, and transparencies preferred.
  • Knowledge of and demonstrated engagement with performing arts history preferred.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:
Work will primarily take place onsite. Limited offsite days may be accommodated.

The duties of this position require the ability to remove archival boxes weighing up to 60 lbs. from shelves, push fully loaded book or other work carts, climb ladders, re-shelve boxes, and bend or stoop as necessary. Containers may need to be shifted within storage areas for retrieval and processing.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

What is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts?

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) is the world’s leading performing arts center in the heart of New York City. In these times of heightened anxiety and vigilance, we are holding on to the important role the arts play in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community. We are resolved not to lose sight of what connects us, and we hope you will consider joining our talented, diverse team.

We are:

  • The manager of the Lincoln Center Campus.
  • We are part of 16 acres of activity and one of eleven amazing resident organizations
  • A leading Arts Presenter.
  • We curate a number of series showcasing music, dance, and theater
  • An Education Hub.
  • We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community members

Who are our people?

Lincoln Center is a diverse team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.

Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III – “The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center.”

Lincoln Center welcomes applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can’t stop innovating.

What’s the news?

Get Ready for ‘Summer for the City’

  • Lincoln Center’s Summer Festival to Focus on Civic Bonds
  • Lincoln Center announces free shows and concerts for 3rd annual ‘Summer for the City’
  • Lincoln Center’s ‘Summer For The City’ Fest Returns This June With 200+ Fun, Free Events
  • Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center Is Set

Campus Happenings

  • Earth month brings music outside at Lincoln Center
  • ‘Rent’ Is Coming Back To New York In A Uniquely Reimagined Form
  • Chef Kwame Onwuachi Explores His Roots, and His New York Upbringing, at Tatiana
  • Henry Timms Wants to Tear Down Walls at Lincoln Center

Legacies of San Juan Hill

  • Before Lincoln Center, San Juan Hill Was a Vibrant Black Community
  • Lincoln Center Launches San Juan Hill Project Digital Hub To Remember the Lost Urban Neighborhood
  • Lincoln Center lanza plataforma para rescatar la cultura de un barrio negro
  • Chef Kwame Onwuachi Explores His Roots, and His New York Upbringing, at Tatiana

To Apply:

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It is the policy of Lincoln Center to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, military or veteran status, genetic information, predisposition, or carrier status, unemployment status, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. LCPA is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.