We have an outstanding career opportunity for aManager of Archivesto join a leading Company located in theChicago, ILsurrounding area.

The Manager of Archives works with county residents at large to facilitate strategic leadership in developing the intellectual and physical infrastructure to create and establish an archival repository for Government Offices Under the President that reflects the rich history of the county. Serves as the Government expert on agency-wide archival management processes. Directs and manages special projects, including County Historian scholarship and salvage and demolition projects. Responsible for assembling, cataloging, preserving, and managing valuable collections of historical information. Ensures all archival materials, physical and digital, are safeguarded discoverable, accessible, and usable in support of our mission, purpose, and transparency.

Responsibilities :

• Establishes and implements strategic leadership to establish Government Archives, which includes contributing to legislation such as ordinances and resolutions to support the operations of the Historic Archives and Records Office

• Leads, evaluates, and manages personnel administration activities for up to (4) FTE professional staff and up to (12) paraprofessional staff including the County Historian

• Assesses training needs, coordinates staff development programs, mentors, and instructs staff through in-service training, seminars, small classroom instruction, and conferences

• Participates in the preparation of the Historic Archives and Records Office's annual operations and personnel budgets, and monitors expenditures to ensure fiscal responsibility

• Participates in the development of service contracts for external vendors, providing services to support the archives

• Establishes and implements long-range planning

• Develops and interprets archives policies and procedures to include the collection and development of policy, archival management, and best practices for government archives, which includes preservation, conservation, digitization standards, and oral history program and outreach projects

• Develops, establishes, and manages a Historic Archives and Records Office library to include a collection of books, magazines, and other publications for internal staff and external use extended to the public

• Acquire archival materials, including non-active records throughout the county, including holdings of the Offices Under the President, elected officials, and County-wide communities to reflect all municipalities

• Duties will include conducting archival appraisal, collection development, selecting and utilizing content and data management tools, migration, digitization, and digital preservation

• Participates in peer-organized meetings to strategize about challenges in the field, and opportunities for internal and external collaborations, including information professionals throughout county municipalities

• Establishes and maintains partnerships with County municipality agencies and local organizations (e.g. civic and cultural institutions and schools) in order to promote archive use and programs

• Responsible for remaining abreast with archival practices; obtaining memberships with local and national associations and consortia; and participating in professional development opportunities, including facilitating presentations, lectures, workshops, attending conferences, completing courses, and certifications

• Creates and/or works with public information campaigns to increase awareness and utilization of archival collections and programs

• Identifies, coordinates, and manages the supplies, services, and equipment needs of the Archives

• Participates in monthly Board meetings and fulfills special requests from the Secretary to the Board of Commissioners

  Basic Hiring Criteria :

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree, PLUS a minimum of three (3) years of professional Law Library experience OR, an equivalent combination of professional work experience, training, and education

  Desired Qualifications :

• Graduation from an accredited School of Law with a Juris Doctorate

• Master's degree in library science from an institution accredited by the American Library Association

• Five (5) years or more of professional experience as a Law Librarian

• Prior supervisory or managerial work experience

• Knowledge of the law and library administration

• Extensive knowledge of policies and procedures of Library Management

• Ability to make policy recommendations

• Ability to develop, coordinate, and implement programmatic changes

• Ability to prepare departmental budget and allocations of funds and maintain the department operation under budgetary constraints

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of legal bibliography

• Must possess thorough knowledge of legal systems of law and legal reference work with emphasis on laws of the United States

• Good interpersonal relations skills

• Must be able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy in dealing with employee issues in a wide range of diverse situations

• Must be able to demonstrate good administrative and supervisory skills

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

• Possession of excellent writing skills; ability to articulate through written documents

• Excellent organizational skills

• Possess the ability to institute problem-solving techniques in diverse and sometimes emotional situations

• Ability to manage multiple projects effectively

• Skilled in Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, Work Perfect, and Microsoft Windows

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