[BCMA] Job Opportunity | Archives Assistant

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

The Vancouver Police Museum & Archives is looking for an *Archives
Assistant* to join our team for a digitization and conservation project.

*Archives Assistant - Contract Position*

*Vancouver Police Museum & Archives*
The Vancouver Police Museum and Archives (VPMA) opened to the public in
1986. Established by the Vancouver Police Historical Society, the VPMA is
an independent, non-profit organisation that collects, preserves, and
provides access to historical records, artefacts, and stories. Records
include historical documents related to the history of Vancouver within the
context of the Vancouver Police Department and the Vancouver Coroner’s
Services and City Analyst Lab.

The VPMA aims to provide the best primary source documents to researchers,
historians, and all individuals interested in Vancouver’s law enforcement
and coroner’s history.

*Job Description*
Working under the supervision of the Museum Curator and Archivist, the
successful candidate will be assisting in an archives management project.
The candidate will be responsible for cleaning, providing conservation and
preservation care to rare archival materials, digitising these materials
and transcribing contextual information for future research and public
access use. The project will involve creating custom enclosures for the
above archival materials and ensure that proper long-term storage standards
are met as per set out in the VPMA guidelines.

*Requirements:*

   - An interest in a career in archival collection management
   - Excellent research, communication, and interpersonal skills
   - Ability to use a camera and familiarity with photo metadata programs
   - Computer literacy, including Microsoft applications
   - Detail oriented
   - Ability to work as part of a team and independently
   - Be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status
   in Canada.
   - Recent graduate (within 24 months) in museum studies, history,
   archival studies or a related field under the age of 30.


*Application Deadline: July 9, 2018*

A successful candidate will commit to the term of the project (6 months)
from the date hired - July 17th, working 30 hours per week, Tuesday through
Friday from 9am-5pm. The hourly rate for this position will be $16.00. A
criminal reference check is required.

Please forward your cover letter and resume by email to
director at vancouverpolicemuseum.ca

Rosslyn Shipp

Museum Director
Vancouver Police Museum
240 East Cordova Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6A 1L3 | 604.665.3346
www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca
Office Hours: Tuesday - Friday 9am-5pm
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