Oral History Collections Manager

Pay Type: 
Salary
Job Status: 
Full Time
Minimum Salary/Hourly Rate: 
$65,000.00
Maximum Salary/Hourly Rate: 
$65,000.00

Science History Institute

The Science History Institute is currently recruiting for the full-time (35 hours per week) position of Oral History Collections Manager. The Oral History Collections Manager will be influential in developing sustainable, scalable workflows that will allow the Institute to increase capacity. The Oral History Collections Manager will process audio/video recordings and transcripts; communicate with interviewees; ingest materials donated to the Institute; and perform other tasks associated with creating and preserving these primary source materials. The Oral History Collections Manager will collaborate with the Institute’s open-source software development team to advise on new technologies for processing and ingesting the oral histories into the Digital Collections.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree is required; master’s degree or MLIS is preferred
  • Minimum of three years of professional work experience in public history, libraries, or related cultural heritage
  • Demonstrated experience with copyediting and applying editorial style guidelines
  • Willingness to experiment with new technologies, including Sonix.ai, LLMs, and related technologies
  • Some experience with metadata standards, controlled vocabularies, and library DAMS technologies, such as OHMS and Dublin Core
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills
  • Strong organizational skills and project management experience, with the ability to problem solve
  • General familiarity with audio and video editing software, such as Audacity or File Maker
  • Ability to participate in domestic travel (5%)
Education Level: 
Bachelor's Degree
To Apply

To be considered for this position, please send cover letter, resume, brief writing sample (no more than 2,000 words), and contact information for three professional references to the link provided.

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**The salary for this position is $65,000.**

 

The Science History Institute provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. The Science History Institute is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and strongly encourages applicants from underrepresented groups such as women, racioethnic minorities, LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities to apply.

 

About the Science History Institute

Founded in 1982, the Science History Institute collects, preserves, interprets, and shares the lesser-known and sometimes overlooked stories from the history of science and technology. And we don’t just mean discoveries made in laboratories. We dive deep into the history of scientific successes and failures, with a focus on expanding knowledge and broadening our understanding of how science and society intersect. We tell the stories behind the science. Visit the Institute’s museum and library, listen to our podcasts, read our magazine and blog, attend our programs, and browse our digital collections. It’s all free so you can be free to discover the science in your life. Learn more at sciencehistory.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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