What are the responsibilities and job description for the Archivist position at Rural Economic Development?
Step into a role where history, purpose, and impact intersect. The Archivist will play a pivotal role in preserving and shaping the legacy of the NC Rural Center by organizing, processing, and bringing to life four decades of work supporting rural communities across North Carolina. From carefully arranging archival materials to digitizing critical records, this position blends hands-on detail work with a broader narrative mission. Working in close partnership with the Communications team, the Archivist will serve as the steward and storyteller of the organization’s 40-year journey—ensuring its history is not only preserved, but meaningfully shared for years to come.
In this CONTRACT position, the Archivist will direct the review, organizing and presentation of the archival material covering the 40-year history of the NC Rural Development Center. This archival processing work may involve sorting papers, photographs, or other archival materials into chronological and/or topical order, labeling folders, or digitizing documents. This position will work closely with the Communications team, President/CEO and an Advisory Committee in the effort to tell the story of the 40 year history of the NC Rural Center.
**THIS IS A SHORT TERM CONTRACT POSITION. EXPECTED DURATION OF 9 TO 15 MONTHS**
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for establishing a centralized repository for paper, photographed, born-digital and digitized historical items,
- Develop policies and workflows that ensure long-term preservation, discoverability, and access to the NC Rural Center’s historical records
- Responsible for compiling the most important and relevant artifacts of the NC Rural Center history.
- Inspect documents and consult with program area leaders on their record keeping practices
- Arrange, catalogue, exhibit, and maintain collections and records of valuable material for the Center and expand their physical and digital access.
- Respond to research requests, partner on collaborative projects with other program teams
- Focus on day-to-day project management and assist the overall project by supporting the archives process and workflow among program teams
- Appraise records in all formats created by Rural Center program teams, to identify those having historical value
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Minimum of two years experience in archiving, records management or historical document preservation
- Expertise in image, audio, video, and text formats and their preservation requirements.
- Experience with relational collections management systems and digital storage best practices.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively across departments.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in records management, library and information science, digital archiving, or a related field
Salary : $65,000 - $75,000