Project Processing Archivist

Job

86915

Main Campus-Berkeley

Full Time

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One of the nation's leading university museums, the University of California's Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is a forum for cultural experiences that transform individuals and advance the local, national, and global discourse on art and film.

As the premier visual arts venue at America's top public research university, BAMPFA is uniquely dedicated to art and film, presenting more than 300 film screenings, dozens of public programs, and 10 exhibitions annually.

The Project Processing Archivist supports an 18-month project focused on the arrangement, description, preservation, and activation of the Eli Leon Papers for the African American Quilt Collection s position manages a nationally significant collection of papers, photographic materials, born-digital records, and audio-visual materials documenting Black quilt-making in California. The Project Processing Archivist assesses, inventories, and establishes robust metadata and descriptive finding aids to enable scholarly research and community engagement.

This position also manages relationships with external vendors for digitization and assists in planning exhibitions supported by the Getty Black Visual Artists Archives grant.

The First Review Date for this job is June 29, 2026. For full consideration, please apply by the first review date.

• Archival processing of artist files – correspondence, research notes, annotated books and exhibition catalogues, collecting ledgers, slides and photographic documentation, audio recordings and interviews (in cassette, CD, and electronic formats), born digital materials (including emails and floppy disks), and personal effects that illuminate Leon's methodology and networks
• Applying tools used in the museum and archival communities (e.g., Archives Space, OCLC, OAC, Collection Space, File Maker) and publishing an online Finding Aid
• Contributing to project management – including management of project documentation, and contributing to problem-solving and analysis
• Consulting and collaborating with staff at BAMPFA to ensure appropriate processing, rehousing, storage, and digitization of varying formats
• Working with the Senior Grants Officer and the Finance team on grant reporting requirements

• Formal coursework or training in archival management and theory
• Knowledge of and/or experience applying efficient archival processing guidelines and procedures
• Knowledge of and/or experience with processing born-digital archival collections
• Knowledge of and/or experience with metadata standards like MARC, EAD, and DACS
• Knowledge of and/or experience using Archives Space, OCLC, OAC, Collection Space, File…