Digital Archivist, The Winthrop Group
Winthrop Group
Westchester County

**DIGITAL ARCHIVIST (Full-time) in Westchester County, NY**  
  
The Winthrop Group's Information & Archival Services Division has an immediate
opening for a full-time forward-looking, system-savvy, hands-on Digital
Archivist to assist with data migration and maintain accession workflows for
the electronic records and digital assets of one of the world's largest and
most influential technology and consulting corporations.

Reporting to the Winthrop's Manager of Information & Archival Services and the
client's Corporate Archivist, the Digital Archivist will oversee metadata
clean-up, generate usage reports, and assist with quality assurance and
quality control.

  
  
**Major tasks and responsibilities:**  
  
 Play active role in
acquisition, arrangement and description, preservation, and providing secure
access to born-digital and digitized collections

 Employ agile
(iterative) methodology for fixity and data validation quality assurance and
quality control reviews

 Collaborate with
Corporate Archivist, Processing Archivist, and IT to identify problems,
troubleshoot, fix and improve processing

 Participate in
ongoing development and contribute to policies and workflows

  
  
**Required qualifications:**  
  
 MLS/MLIS or MA in
History program, with a concentration in archives

 Minimum of two to
three years work in an archival setting

 Knowledge of digital
archives theory and practice standards and technologies

 Detail-oriented with
ability to manage multiple projects

  
  
**Preferred qualifications:**  
  
 Experience with
working in corporate archives

 Appropriate
coursework and/or Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certificate

 Familiarity with
different digital formats and types of metadata

 Previous experience
overseeing a data migration project

 Proficiency in using
collection management systems

  
  
**Compensation:**  
Competitive rate based on experience and qualifications.

  
  
**Contact Information:**  
Please send a resume; a list of at least three references including names,
titles, postal and email addresses, and telephone numbers; and a brief
description of relevant experience(s) to David Kay, at [log in to unmask]



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