E-records job: State Historical Society of Kansas (application deadline 24 January 2014)

Happy New Year, and apologies for the long silence 'round these parts. I've spent the past few weeks yo-yo'ing between Ohio, where I grew up and where my parents are still living, and upstate New York, where I now live and where my parents will very soon reside. Between trying (and all too often failing) to keep up with work and helping my dad downsize, pack, and plan this move, I've had to let a few things go, and this blog is one of many things that I've pushed aside.  I know that I've let more than a few job postings get past me (among them a Utah State Archives position that closed yesterday), and I'm sorry about that. Given that I'm going to be in Albany for a couple of weeks and that it's too darned cold to do anything except hunker down indoors, I should be able to devote some more time to this blog.

If you've got some solid data gathering and analysis and records management skills, would like to live in a smallish Midwestern city, and relish the prospect of working at a state archives that has been doing interesting things with electronic records, you might be the Kansas State Historical Society's new Policy & Program Analyst (Electronic Records Archivist):

The Kansas State Historical Society seeks to hire a Policy & Program Analyst (Electronic Records Archivist) to support the State Archives Division’s implementation of a trusted digital repository -- the Kansas Enterprise Electronic Preservation (KEEP) digital archives.

The Policy & Program Analyst will:

• Promote use of the KEEP digital archives by Kansas government agencies.
• Coordinate the transfer of permanent electronic records to KEEP.
• Develop and update KEEP digital archives policies and procedures.
• Identify long-term records impacted by new Kansas state government information technology projects subject to branch Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) review and approval.
• Ensure that CITO-reportable project plans include appropriate provisions for managing and preserving long-term records, including the transfer of permanent records to KEEP.
• Provide records management consulting services to Kansas government agencies.
• Prepare new and revised records retention and disposition schedules for Kansas State Records Board review.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in the domains of electronic records management and digital preservation.

Minimum Qualifications
Four years of experience in collecting, evaluating, studying or reporting on statistical, economic, fiscal/budget, legislative or administrative data. Education may be substituted for experience as determined by the agency.  Preferred experience includes:  electronic records and information management; digital preservation; application of automated information management systems to records management, archives, or business environments.

Requires knowledge of:

• records and information management methods and best practices;
• standards and best practices related to trusted digital repositories including, but not limited to, the following:
  • Open Archival Information System (OAIS): ISO 14721:2012
  • Audit and Certification of Trustworthy Digital Repositories: ISO 16363:2012
  • Producer-Archive Interface - Methodology Abstract Standard (PAIMAS): ISO 20652:2006 
• electronic information systems;
• digital preservation methods and best practices;
• archival methods and best practices;
• business process analysis methods and best practices;
• enterprise architecture methodologies;
• project management methods and best practices;
• metadata standards for archives, records management, and digital preservation including, but not limited to, the following:
  • Metadata Encoding Transmission Standard (METS)
  • Dublin Core
  • PREMIS (preservation metadata)
  • Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
• American history with special emphasis on western and Kansas history;
• archives and special collections reference techniques and best practices;
• historical research methods.

Requires ability to:

• manage projects;
• negotiate and administer contracts;
• work with a variety of people and in a team environment;
• balance multiple projects;
• meet deadlines;
• express ideas clearly, orally and in writing, to groups with varying expertise in the relevant subject matter.

Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in public or business administration, library or information science with an archival administration concentration, or a related field.

The successful candidate will receive a salary equivalent to an hourly wage of $22.16, health insurance, and retirement benefits. The application deadline is 24 January 2014. Consult the job posting for more information and detailed application instructions.