Opportunity Notice - Digitization Assistant

This job posting is currently open.

Posting Date:
Job Type: Full-time, Fixed-term (until approximately March 31, 2024)
Work Location: Arnprior & District Museum
Hours: 35 hrs per week
Wage: $18.67 - $21.97/hr

As part of the Arnprior & District Museum’s “The Next Step to Accessibility” project team, this Assistant position will be responsible for photographing and scanning the Museum collection while overseeing image quality and digital organization. This position will handle collection items following conservation guidelines established by the Museum’s Collections Coordinator, take and store multiple digital images, and inform Museum staff of record errors and object duplication.

This position is funded by a successful application to the Canadian Heritage Museum Assistance Program in support of digital access to heritage. The position is dependent on funds received from that agency.

The primary responsibilities for this position include (but are not limited to) the following:

Practice careful handling of Museum collection items under the direction of the Museum Curator in consultation with the Collections Coordinator.
Oversee the complete and detailed digitization of collection items, according to guidance from Museum staff.
Work independently at times in storage locations.
Record and report label and location errors and object duplication.
Observe and record possible conservation concerns.
Support project team efforts to update existing database records and completion of a digitization log that tracks errors and missing information.
Familiarize themselves with Museum’s collection and 19^th and early 20^th century rural life in the Ottawa Valley.
Change work location and focus quickly as project activities shift.
Collaborate with the Digitization Project Manager, Collections Coordinator, and Curator.
Prioritize high quality collection images through the judicious use of camera and photographic equipment.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of:

High School Diploma
Some knowledge of Canadian/North American History.
Careful and systematic in the execution of tasks.
Experience with collaborative, team-based work environments.
High attention to detail.
Experience with computers.

Assets:

Experience with museums or museum collections will be considered an asset.
Experience with photography or scanning considered an asset.

Interested candidates are invited to submit an application in confidence by 3:00 pm on September 29, 2023, quoting “Digitization Assistant” attention to Human Resources by:

Mail: Town of Arnprior 105 Elgin St. W. Arnprior, ON K7S 0A8

E-mail: hr@arnprior.ca

The Town is committed to maintaining an equitable work environment and welcomes submissions from all qualified applicants. If you require a disability-related accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please email Human Resources at hr@arnprior.ca.

All applicants are thanked for their interest. Internal and external candidates will be interviewed simultaneously. Only the candidate selected for an interview will be contacted.

Information collected will be used in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the purpose of candidate selection.