Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) collects and preserves materials that document the history, culture, heritage, and languages of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people and makes these materials available to the public for educational purposes. SHI collections include an archives of historical manuscripts and papers, photographs, and audio and visual recordings, as well as a collection of 500 art and ethnographic objects and a library of 2,500 books. SHI currently houses more than 5,000 historical and contemporary audio and audiovisual recordings documenting the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian language, culture, and history. Most of these recordings are wholly unique and cannot be found in other libraries, archives, or repositories.
SHI serves the general and academic Native and non-Native community by making its extensive archival, library, and art and ethnographic collections available to the public for research and educational purposes; hosting public lectures; advising and assisting visiting scholars and researchers; publishing academic essays and books; and having SHI staff present papers at scholarly conferences. SHI’s culture and history, language, education, and art programs rely heavily on its library and archival collections in the development of their activities and publications.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Overall Collections Management
Archival Collections Management
Library Management
Ethnographic and Art Collections Management
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COMPETENCIES
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY This position will have no direct reports.
WORK ENVIRONMENT This position’s duties are performed at the Walter Soboleff Building. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.
WORK DEMANDS While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to verbally communicate. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move objects up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds.
POSITION TYPE AND EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK This is a full-time benefited position.
TRAVEL None to minimal.
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
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PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
OTHER DUTIES Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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